If it’s something quite low-key then I’ll often do my own makeup. But for something like a premiere, it’s good to have a makeup artist because they know what they’re doing. – Felicity Jones
The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable. – Carroll O’Connor
Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They’re always wondering what the next thing is: ‘What do you have?’ It’s a very introverted process. – Gary Allan
As far as the balance between being a journalist, being an artist, being a storyteller – documentary filmmakers are all three of those things. The balance between them is affected by the film itself, the topic of the film. – Marshall Curry
The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting. – Ezra Pound
People don’t buy and sell art based on the personality of the artist. Or there wouldn’t be much art bought and sold. – David L. Wolper
I think an artist’s true worth comes through an inter-generational thing – when you go beyond your own time, and start influencing people in a greater way than just what surrounds you. – Daryl Hall
The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. – Emily Carr
The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist’s choice. – Fernando Botero
If you really want to be an artist, you search yourself, and you find a lot of it comes from earlier times. I have pretty much built the work around my experiences. When I’ve moved from one place to another, the work has changed. – Claes Oldenburg
I mean, I don’t think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you’re going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does. – Diana Krall
I wasn’t allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to. – Nancy Sinatra
Hopefully, one day I won’t have to be so caught up in all of that day-to-day, the Twitter and the Instagram. But I also would like to, at some point, turn off and take a break and also be, like, an artist. – Madi Diaz
As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others. – Dwight Yoakam
To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn’t mean you need to attack the person, but you do need to look at it like you’re trying to get information that has not been written about before. – Chuck Klosterman
It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to be famous. – Donna McKechnie
Let it be said that the makeup artist at ‘90210’ made me look better for the fake red carpet than I’ve ever looked on an actual red carpet. – Diablo Cody
I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in. – Don Bluth
I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers. – Estelle
