In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn’t all that important because she is well within my capabilities as an actress. But in terms of marketability, it made an enormous difference. – Miriam Margolyes
I feel a lot of guilt about the freedom that being an artist provides. I ask myself, ‘Why am I not the guy emptying the trash, why am I the guy who is watching the guy empty the trash?’ – Jason Molina
I think that it’s the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more. – Justin Townes Earle
I’ve always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I’ve never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist. – Marina and the Diamonds
An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, ‘Here, come and do this,’ That’s the hard part. – John Glover
For me, a dancer is part of an artist’s entertainment – ‘backup dancer’ isn’t even in my vocabulary. – Laurieann Gibson
I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it’s important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can’t ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird. – Luke Bryan
You’re going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you’re going to want to keep going, and you’re going to keep believing and that’s the kind of artist I am. – Jacob Lusk
One of the smartest things Kickstarter has done, in my opinion, is give people a great shopping experience related to the arts, that funds the arts. In essence, they’ve gotten people to pay $200 for a t-shirt plus the feeling of participation in another artist’s endeavor. – Jessica Jackley
Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I’m in a position where I just want to feel like I’m saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people’s projects. But I don’t do that anymore. I just want to be off the cuff and honest. – Kathleen Hanna
Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts. – Leo Howard
I don’t want to get caught up and be an artist always on the go. Because once you do that, it’s hard to get into the studio and do what I do. – Missy Elliott
I’m a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge me as a socially-responsible human being. – Kurt Sutter
I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I’m a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work. – LeRoy Neiman
I wasn’t born an artist. I was really good in science as a kid. I probably shouldn’t have been an artist because I’m much more interested in science. But I was raised by artists. I can’t really escape it. – Julie Delpy
My mother is an escaped farm girl from North Dakota and a self-taught artist and painter. – Katherine Dunn
That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it. – Lukas Foss
The procedure was that an artist got a mural and then he would have anywhere from two to ten assistants depending on the size of the mural and how many assistants he needed, or she needed. – Lee Krasner
Anytime you have a fellow artist say, ‘Loving the new Luke Bryan album,’ that’s awesome. – Luke Bryan
I really believe that, as an artist, my opportunity to help to bring about awakening is one that should come from a personal process that someone has, and not from me telling somebody that this is the way it is. – Michael Franti
All of the trials and tribulations from personal to the artist. It shows that I’m human. People see the glamorous stuff, but they don’t see the background. – Missy Elliott
I’ve probably represented almost every major artist in the world, either directly or peripherally, at one time or another. – Jerry Heller
The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist. – Lenny Kravitz
There’s a particular sensitivity required to be an artist, and a certain vulnerability, perhaps, and also, somewhere between, you’re in your body a lot, too. It’s much more physical than one would imagine because I think it’s the body where the imagination lives somehow. I do feel the imagination isn’t just in the brain up there. – Michael Leunig
