“Once I started reinventing for myself what being an artist was - not going into a studio, but making things on my own terms in response to being out in the world - I started to really enjoy it... I realized that everything else for me was hell.” WorldArtistEnjoyTermMy OwnHellResponseStudiosI RealizedRenewalBeing An ArtistReinventing Author:Cornelia Parker
“Sometimes the most interesting visual phenomena occur when you least expect it. Other times, you think youre getting something amazing and the photographs turn out to be boring and predictable. So I think thats why, a long time ago, I consciously tried to let go of artists angst, and instead just hope for the best and enjoy it. I love the journey as much as the destination. If I wasnt a photographer, Id still be a traveler.” IfsThinkingLongStillsSometimesArtistTurnsEnjoyInterestingJourneyLetting GoLong TimePhotographerPhotographBoringVisualsDestinationTravelerLong Time AgoMost InterestingPredictableAngstHoping For The Best Author:Michael Kenna
“Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the world. Venice is sinking. Great books and pictures were lost in the Florence floods. In the meantime we still enjoy butterflies.” MenWorldWantArtStillsBookHappinessJoyLyingArtistTimeLostEnjoySinExcellencePermanentImmortalityCoveredButterflyFloodMonarchyVeniceSinkingGreat BookDamsFlorence Author:Romare Bearden
“The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there.” KidsArtistEnjoyChecksReally Happy Author:Jock Sturges
“Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings.” CharacterArtistFunFeltEnjoyDrawingHaving FunJerryLarks Author:Joe Shuster
“You can't always do that which you can do in your sleep. That doesn't fulfill an artist. You're looking for places where you can grow, in some way, whether it's a large way or a small way. I want to grow as an artist, as a person and as a woman. I want to enjoy myself and my life and the company that I'm keeping. I want to bring something to the table that's different than anything else would bring, but that has its place and value, and then keep moving.” WayWantPersonsDifferentMovingArtistValuesGrowsEnjoyCan DoSleepCompanyTablesKeep Moving Author:Angela Bassett
“I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.” WorldWayWantArtistCultureFunEnjoyImpactPopsGood TimesHaving A Good TimeSequins Author:Lady Gaga
“I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.” ThinkingFeelsTryingTwoArtistCultureEnjoyPositionBrokenAlways TryingMediationTwo Cultures Author:K'naan
“Whenever the truth is uncovered, the artist will always cling with rapt gaze to what still remains covering even after such uncovering; but the theoretical man enjoys and finds satisfaction in the discarded covering and finds the highest object of his pleasure in the process of an ever happy uncovering that succeeds through his own efforts.” MenStillsArtistProcessEnjoyPleasureEffortObjectsTruth IsSucceedHighestRemainsSatisfactionTheoreticalCoveringDiscardedUncovering Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is not up, you're going to come up with some really dreary piece of work that no one's going to enjoy.” IfsImportantArtistEnergyEnjoyPiecesFieldsOughtCome UpChecksTemperatureDreary Author:Steve Reich
“To see distinctly the machinery--the wheels and pinions--of any work of Art is, unquestionably, of itself, a pleasure, but one which we are able to enjoy only just in proportion as we do not enjoy the legitimate effect designed by the artist.” ArtReasonAbleArtistEnjoyPleasureEffectsArt IsWheelsProportionWorks Of ArtMachinery Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)
“[Being in the States] is almost like being on a holiday. It's kind of annoying because everyone's like "Oh, you're so obsessed with America," but it's not really that. I just really enjoy being here - I'm not the first British artist to make music here and be inspired by the country.” FirstsKindCountryStatesAmericaArtistEnjoyInspiredBritishObsessedHolidayAnnoyingBe Inspired Author:Marina and the Diamonds
“I am here to enjoy life. I am not here to suffer. I am here to be a dreamer, to be an artist, to be a seer. The mission of my life is to enjoy every single moment of my life.” MomentsLife IsPurposeArtistSufferingEnjoyMissionsPurpose Of LifeDreamerEnjoy LifeSingle MomSeers Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.” WantKindUseArtistEnjoyPerspective Author:Ziggy Marley
“An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying godhood. It was a caste system, pure and simple. And it was accepted that way. Nobody thought of contracts, nobody thought of insisting on better deals.” WayArtistEnjoySimpleDealsPureHumbleAcceptedEditorsContractsPublishersGalaxyBe HumbleCastesInsistingCaste System Author:Jack Kirby
“If a carpenter makes a chair that's comfortable for the person who's going to sit in it, he's done his job. If a train engineer gets a train in on time, he's going to make someone happy who's waiting at the station. And if an artist draws the kind of a picture that people are going to enjoy looking at, or he makes a visual story which people are going to enjoy reading, he's done his job.” PeopleIfsKindPersonsDoneStoriesJobsArtistReadingWaitingEnjoyComfortableDrawsTrainVisualsChairsStationsEngineersCarpenterMake Someone Happy Author:Jack Kirby
“Everybody needs a release. Sometimes people mosh at my shows. That inspired me to make records to get the people more crunk. People need a release and I enjoy being an artist that can do that for people.” PeopleNeedsSometimesShowsArtistEnjoyCan DoRecordsInspiredReleaseBeing An Artist Author:Yelawolf
“I think I'm enjoying writing for me.I know what's in my head, so there's a little less margin for error, but I think I really would like to write for an artist, and obviously it really depends on the artist, and the sort of story I would do.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLittlesStoriesArtistEnjoyDependsErrorsMargins Author:David Finch
“I really enjoy writing lyrics, I enjoy harmonies and I enjoy hearing the organic side of production because I have to do so much non- organic for a living for other artists, it's just a break for me, for my ears and it confuses people that think my music is supposed to sound like the stuff I do for my day job, but that's just people that don't know me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingJobsArtistStuffEnjoySoundSidesBreakMusic IsEarsHarmonyProductionsHearingKnow MeDay Jobs Author:Butch Walker
“Sometimes I think I shouldn't explain much about my work because people will just feel what they feel when they see it. They'll love it or hate it or enjoy it on their own, like how I've looked at abstract paintings of other artists and cried or felt happy because I've felt, "Wow, I've lived that, I've understood that."” PeopleThinkingFeelsSometimesArtistHateFeltEnjoyPaintingUnderstoodAbstractWowCriedAbstract Painting Author:Jose Parla