“It is short-sighted, not to say stupid, in the correct desire to be relevant as Christian artists in an unchristian age, to pick up the secular fashion of the immediate generation before us and immerse oneself in that as your tradition. That's why Christian artists so often seem to be a generation late.” SeemsAgeChristianDesireArtistCultureChristianityGenerationsFashionStupidLatePicksTraditionOneselfRelevantSecularShort SightedUnchristian Author:Calvin Seerveld
“If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.” PeopleIfsWantKindDifferentArtistWaitingStupidExercisePrejudiceBe KindHobbiesSchedulesSolo Author:Chris Cornell
“People don't know how heavily involved I am in my own career. I'm on 15 to 25 conference calls every few days strategizing with my team. I think a lot of artists sit back and have it done for them. Sometimes as women in the industry - if you're sexy or like doing sexy things - some people subconsciously negate your brain. They think you're stupid.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsSometimesDoneArtistMy OwnBrainCareersKnow HowTeamStupidIndustryInvolvedSexyConferencesYou Re StupidConference Calls Author:Nicki Minaj
“Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to love them and felt stupid for my immediate reaction towards their work.” YearsTwoArtistFeltStupidGrewMy FavoriteReactionsJoshFavorite Artist Author:Leo Fitzpatrick
“When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.” FeelsArtistMagicStupidLegitimacyWandsMagic WandsHandmade Author:Amanda Palmer
“...it's just another one of those things I don't understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity” WorldTryingFunnyArtistStupidUniqueIndividualityStupidityRidiculousRebelImpressMouldIrony Of LifeGadflies Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“A lot of artists are just really stupid about money, and it's really hard to find somebody who kind of thinks of shuffling money around and doing business as an art.” ThinkingKindArtHardArtistStupidReally StupidShuffling Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Every interview is as much an impression of the journalist as it is the artist or subject. You look at interviews and you see a portrait of two people. The worst thing that can happen is if you're misquoted and then that quote is misquoted. That does drive one crazy. The most embarrassing thing is when your words are misrepresented or sometimes you say something stupid and you live to regret it.” PeopleIfsLooksDoeTwoSometimesHappensArtistCrazyWorstSubjectsStupidRegretImpressionJournalistInterviewsPortraitsWorst ThingsEmbarrassing Author:Antony Hegarty
“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.” PeopleIfsTryingMindMeanSaidBookSoulSeemsWould BeArtistLiteratureLostLeftBitsSpaceCreativeToo MuchCuttingStupidHairIntentionVersionsMake SenseClassicEditorsGlimpseCropsPointlessLiliesPadsEditedClassic LiteratureMonetLily Pads Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“In fact I wonder if I should bend my own rules a little and for the sake of writing a good song it doesn't have to been so autobiographical, but that's a stupid rule to live by as some of my favourite artists' songs, they have a song that you think is about their life [which] probably even isn't, but it's a great song.” IfsThinkingShouldWritingLittlesFactsArtistSongMy OwnWonderStupidSakeLive ByFavouriteRules To Live By Author:The Rocket Summer
“In the beginning I was just a makeup artist and I never really pictured myself doing anything else. But now that I have so many doors open, I kind of want to be that indie rock Paris Hilton - but with actual intelligence - she's just stupid.” WantKindArtistDoorsRocksStupidParisMakeupMakeup ArtistIndie Rock Author:Jeffree Star
“Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to love them and felt stupid for my immediate reaction towards their work. Now, I wouldn't be happier than to simply be their friend and to talk to them about what got them making art that was years ahead of my understanding. I never went to school for art or was told what to like or when. So every day is a learning process, like most of life.” ArtSchoolArtistUnderstandingStupidMy FavoriteLearning Process Author:Leo Fitzpatrick
“I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would.” ThinkingHelpingArtistStupidDeadline Author:Thomas Mars
“A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.” IfsMenAgeArtistStupidFoolDrinkDrinkingAlcoholBeerArchitectGreat DrinkingGreat AlcoholDon't Drink Alcohol Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.” PainHappinessArtistEvilInterestingTroubleStupidHabitTerribleIntellectualBoredomConsideringRefusalBad HabitsTreasonBanalityPendants Author:Ursula K. Le Guin