The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.
No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.'
I try not to force my sound on everybody. I try to yield unto each artist and... I try to just support that sound rather than force a sound that might not fit.
Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.
The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous handholds, explanations, and instructions. Attempt to grasp them, and they will only dissipate and re-form into another contexture or idea.
The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.
On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.
My name is Rene Angelil, throat cancer survivor, artist manager, and I am also known as Celine Dion's husband.
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.
I'm looking to evolve the concept of the new renaissance artist, taking the world by storm through the art of public display and demonstration, with technical savvy, using cell phones and computers.
The freedom of every artist is essential.
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.
Actually, for me, I really love to do action movie. You know, most people, they know, they thought that I am a martial artist. I don't know why, but I love to do kung fu movie, you know?
Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.
Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
I love Emma Watson's makeup a lot. I love Cate Blanchett. I'm biased, though. I love my makeup artist, Julie Harris; she is really phenomenal, but everyone has their technique, and there are incredible-looking girls out there.
No actor can be a complete artist without trying his/her hand at comic roles.
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.
Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.
Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.
To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.
I'm an artist. I'm a musician. I'm not someone you can put in a box.
Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.
The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again.
I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.
Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.
