History is written by the winners. My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can’t shout. – Ruth Negga
In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare’s plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it. – Oscar Wilde
When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted for fifteen years and tried to produce. I looked for stories that were the story beneath the story that you thought you knew, like ‘The Candidate’. – Robert Redford
The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow. – Orson Welles
As an artist, it feels good that we’ve created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do. – Rich Moore
All of the films that I’ve made are about the country I live in and grew up in… And I think if you’re going to put an artist’s eye to it, you’re going to put a critical eye to it. I’ve always been interested in the gray area that exists between the black and white, or the red and blue, and that’s where complexity lies. – Robert Redford
My record label is treating me like I’m a new artist, which is exciting after all this time. – Rosanne Cash
As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings – not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks. – Ralph Bakshi
I don’t pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don’t have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don’t need anything. I live in a different way. – Rachel Kushner
I think that every artist dreams of renewing the forms which came before, but I think very few can be considered to have achieved that. We are all dwarves standing upon the shoulders of the giants who preceded us, and I think we must never forget that. After all, even iconoclasts only exist with respect to that which they destroy. – Peter Greenaway
I think that if someone told me I could have been a visual artist, I might have been a visual artist instead. And if I’d known I could have done art history, I would have done that. But I just didn’t know. – Robin Coste Lewis
In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people. – Questlove
I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing. – Robin Coste Lewis
I know that there are going to be people that don’t like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, ‘Oh. you’re from the ‘X Factor.’ There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the ‘X Factor,’ yet they’ll play another song from an artist from another TV show. – Olly Murs
When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn’t tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going. – Reed Hundt
My talent is definitely a gift. I don’t understand where it comes from. I don’t play an instrument, and I never went to school for music production, but I know exactly how a song should sound and how to give an artist direction. – Sean Combs
The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. – Paul Strand
Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they’re no artist. If it’s in your blood, it can’t stop flowing. – Paul Westerberg
Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he’s a very good artist. – Ronald Harwood
