“What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.” LittlesArtMomentsLyingArtistFallAudienceCreatingFalling In LoveTinyLive In The MomentSlides Author:Lady Gaga
“When I perform in front of large audiences, I'm much more comfortable, because I've already performed in front of tiny audiences - which is much harder, honestly. The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.” SongAudienceFrontsDependsComfortableHarderTinyHonestlyArrangements Author:Alicia Keys
“We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and fleeting, unless he taps into some fervent special interest niche. And that audience, almost by definition, will be tiny.” InterestAudienceEnvironmentSpecialReaderConnectionsDefinitionsTinySuspectsSuperficialFleetingChipsPotatoesNicheSpecial InterestsCartoonistFerventPotato Chips Author:Bill Watterson
“With a comedian, it's the opposite. You put that album out, and they've heard it. If they're coming out to see you, you'd better be doing new stuff. There's always a tiny part of the audience that want to hear certain bits of yours, or they've brought friends to see you, and they've told them about some of your bits. Then maybe you should do them.” IfsWantShouldCertainStuffBitsAudienceHeardOppositesAlbumsTinyComedianComing OutNew Stuff Author:Patton Oswalt
“Everyone seems to have internalized the fact that you can say anything you want at a televised debate, and only a tiny fraction of the audience will ever see a fact-check. So why not claim the moon is square?” WantFactsSeemsAudienceMoonClaimsTinyDebateChecksWhy NotSquaresSay AnythingFractions Author:Ted Cruz