It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God’s heaven. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can’t remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I’ve become an artist. I’ve become the artist. – Adele
The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge. – Albert Camus
It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It is like I have a feeling inside me that I want to create on a horse, and that is what I do. – Charlotte Dujardin
It’s weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, ‘We want him to sound like Chris Brown,’ but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There’s a huge disconnect – it’s like we’re making a product. – Bebe Rexha
I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed. – Bebe Rexha
I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can’t put a box around me. You can’t put anything around me. – Angel Haze
When I started thinking about it, I was like, ‘OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I’ll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.’ – Common
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. – Abraham Maslow
I’m an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people. – Andie MacDowell
The black artist’s role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it. – Amiri Baraka
Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about. He’s not interested in how things look different in moonlight. – Auguste Rodin
A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you’re not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it’s never going to be good. – Alexander Skarsgard
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. – Abraham Lincoln
That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days. – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Katana is a trained, disciplined martial artist. She removes herself from Birds of Prey to go on a personal journey in Japantown, San Francisco, and pursue a quest for vengeance against the Sword Clan, the men that killed her husband. – Ann Nocenti
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there’s no such thing as perfect. – Alexander Calder
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. – Auguste Rodin
I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have. – Chuck Close
I don’t really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people’s hands. But I’m kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice. – Chance The Rapper
Music definitely gave me a focus. I was an artist without an outlet. Let’s just say if I was not famous, I could have been infamous. I could’ve had my own episode of ‘American Gangster.’ – CeeLo Green
