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An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating an art.
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“Dead he is not, but departed,—for the artist never dies.”
“We become expert artists because of love’s investment, not capitalism’s.”
“He's being irritating and irresponsible, but what do you expect? He's an artist.”
“The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination, will be the greatest!”
“In a way, artists are messengers between worlds, bringing ideas and symbols from one to the other.”
“The artist tries to see what there is to be interested in... He has not created something, he has seen something.”
“Revolution is not only won by numbers, but by visionaries, and if artists aren't visionaries, then we have no business doing what we do.”
“Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.”
“An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.”
“In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.”
“The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form-knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration”
“The Joker I now do what other people only dream. I make art until someone dies. See? I am the world's first fully functioning homicidal artist.”
“For an artist there is no more serious and, at the same time, more joyous task than to create, through art, a new aesthetic, and ultimately, a new way of being.”
“If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.”
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“Les artistes qui cherchent la perfection en tout sont ceux qui ne peuvent l'atteindre en aucune partie.”
Artist on Man Ray
“With him you could try anything—there was nothing you were told not to do, except spill the chemicals. With Man Ray, you were free to do what your imagination conjured, and that kind of encouragement was wonderful.”
Artist on Edie Sedgwick
“I was a great, great friend of Edie Sedgwick … Edie and I were in several of the early Andy Warhol films … Edie was beautiful beyond words. She was absolutely breath-taking and a very sweet person. Edie was a precious person. She was heavily into drugs which caused her death. … Edie was very glamorous. And truly beautiful, breathtaking, and I think it was a great loss she died so young.”
About Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating an art.