As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words. – John Langdon
I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don’t want to settle on a sound. – Kimbra
I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn’t even occur to me that I would be an artist. – Maya Lin
I always feel like it is a privilege to be able to be an artist and to be able to exhibit my work all over the world. – Jim Drain
I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording’s not the easiest thing. – Marina and the Diamonds
By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries. – Jacques Barzun
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist. – Lukas Foss
I don’t think I’m in any position to call myself a martial artist. I’m a student of the martial arts. – Lou Reed
There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the same arenas. The only thing that separates them is radio, but the artist doesn’t control who goes to radio and who doesn’t. – Lupe Fiasco
You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it. – Liz Phair
Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. – Jacques Lipchitz
I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet. – M.I.A.
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor’s hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. – Michelangelo
It’s possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don’t have to be a thug to get love from black people. – Mos Def
I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history. – Judy Chicago
I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It’s my job as a country music artist to be honest about that. – Kelsea Ballerini
I didn’t want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce. – Missy Elliott
As an artist, I feel so fortunate to be able to learn from all these great musicians that came before me, when some people have nobody that came before them. – Kiesza
I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school’s good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist. – Jay Duplass
If you’re a baker, making bread, you’re a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you’re not an artist, but if you bake the bread in the gallery, you’re an artist. So the context makes the difference. – Marina Abramovic
To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what’s not working and challenge it. You riff on things. – Kara Walker
I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh. – Kanye West
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. – Langston Hughes
