An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message. – Michael Haneke
In ‘There Will Be Blood,’ my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him. He was a performance artist in a way. – Paul Dano
My life is at least as intricate as my readers’ lives. People say that ‘The Artist’s Way’ changed their lives, but when they talk about ‘Floor Sample,’ they tell me, ‘I was with you all the way.’ – Julia Cameron
I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read ‘Just Kids’ and it’s an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies. – James Iha
Sometimes people come to my shows and think I’m a Christian artist, and they put their hands up in the air, like they do. But first of all, I’m a Jewish girl from the Valley, and I’m from Los Angeles. It’s funny to be misinterpreted. – Jenny Lewis
We don’t really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills. – John Updike
That’s my contribution – running a sound, healthy company that serves millions of customers well and employs hundreds of thousands of people. What else am I going to do? I’m not an artist. I’m not a writer. I’m not a musician. I’d love to be a tennis player or musician. I’m not. – Jamie Dimon
Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I’m going to use it in my art. Why? Because I’m an artist and I have to. – Jill Scott
You don’t see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It’s hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music. – Lance Reddick
I didn’t want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that’s wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least. – Kiesza
Everyone in my family is an artist in some capacity whether they’re musicians, painters, or sculptors, so it’s in their blood. – Jessica Alba
Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I’m not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I’ll be more than happy. – Kapil Sharma
Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique. – Jane Rule
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. – Marc Chagall
You must be an artist and a citizen of the world. You must speak to this stuff that’s happening. You must do what you can to shine a light on it, help people through it. – Leslie Odom, Jr.
When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I’ve managed to do both. – Kacey Musgraves
People ask who I am as an artist, who I am as a person. I don’t ever want to tell them who I am; you can find that out in the music. – Kip Moore
I’m going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didn’t cause them any later embarrassment. – Julian Cope
My business partner and make-up artist Kim Jacob and I have employed every member of staff, decided where every desk in the office should go, tried every product on our faces. – Louise Nurding
I am a fan before I am an artist. I was that twelve year old girl that looked up to Taylor Swift. I get what that role is as a fan. I think that because I know that, I’m really careful and intentional about what I say and what I put out. I want to be that role for anyone who wants me to be that. – Kelsea Ballerini
It could be hectic sometimes when you’re being an artist and running a label at the same time. But there are times when you just have to say that this my time period to work on my stuff, and then you say this is the time to concentrate on my artists. – Missy Elliott
What people are feeling is the similarity in what I do and how I’m capable of breaking a new artist into a competitive field. People can’t wrap their head around the fact that Gaga did not do that on her own. She didn’t. There was a Laurieann Gibson. – Laurieann Gibson
You don’t make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable. – Missy Elliott
I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don’t want to be known as just a ‘remix artist’ for the rest of my career. – Kygo
When you know who you are as an artist and you have your own identity and got it figured out it helps you know what to write about. – Keifer Thompson
Ultimately, because I’m an artist, I can’t ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I’m optimistic. – Marilyn Manson
