Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist… it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well. – Yuna
Acting is a general thing; it’s not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of time. I don’t think acting stands the test of time, but it can capture the mood of the moment, which is in itself very exciting, but it rarely lasts. – Tom Hollander
When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me. – Sean Scully
Every now and then, I feel terribly uncomfortable with what I’m working on, and then I think maybe I am an artist. I’m not very articulate about it, but I do know that you have to follow your gut. – Tom Hollander
I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it’s just terrible – I’ve been there when the phone isn’t ringing for years. – Sylvester Stallone
I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I’ve got opinions, but they’re opinions on both sides – not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It’s absolutely ignorant. – Sir Mix-a-Lot
Some people don’t understand that I – as an artist and a person – I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like. – Yandel
The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I’m on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture. – Thomas Kinkade
I toured with Skrillex, did an HBO commercial with Diplo. In the hip hop movement, I was the first artist Travis Scott ever featured with before he blew up. I had the songs with Chris Brown and Tyga. I’ve worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. – Wynter Gordon
It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion – you discover it and it gives you a whole new lease on life. – Steve Vai
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you’re an artist who’s making something which isn’t how its mainstream appearance should be, there’s always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be ‘real’ as a rapper. – Zadie Smith
Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn’t know I had. – Stephen Chbosky
The thing about working with Peter Jackson is that, at the end of the day, he is a passionate artist. – William Kircher
As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not, like, follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it. You know, it’s me who’s doing it. – Talib Kweli
All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I’m nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream. – Tori Kelly
The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected – the best – evolutions. – Saul Steinberg
Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That’s what you need to be an artist or storyteller. – Terri Windling
I’ve found just the right amount of balance in my life. I’m this pop artist in America, but I’m also Malaysian. And I’m also Muslim. – Yuna
The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators. – Sol LeWitt
I’ve decided to do what I want to do in life and follow my own path as an artist, so I’ve decided not to participate in any sort of nostalgia in which I’m marginalized as a pop icon of yesteryear. – Thomas F. Wilson
Finding your place as an artist is the hardest thing. You come out of college with what feels like a Mickey Mouse degree that qualifies you for nothing in the real world. – Sam Taylor-Johnson
If I have an opportunity to do something safe or something challenging, I’ll often choose the latter. Sometimes, the objective is to submerge my viewpoint with the artist. – Todd Rundgren
When I got signed to the ‘Fader’ Label, they got really excited about having me as their new artist. They were promoting my music everywhere. Pharrell was one of the producers who wanted to work with me, so I was really lucky to be one of those people who got to work with him. – Yuna
