503 quotes found
“Even a true artist does not always produce art.”
“The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.”
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.”
“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.”
“Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.”
“Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.”
“Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label i...”
“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.”
“An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.”
“The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.”
“I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.”
“A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.”
“When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.”
“I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.”
“Quando ouvimos os sinos, ouvimos aquilo que já trazemos em nós mesmos como modelo. Sou da opinião que não se deverá desprezar aquele que olhar atentamente para as manchas da parede, para os carvões...”
“One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful l...”
“I mean, reality sucks. The world is a cancer, and shits so bad it’s scary. Everything’s filthy. But you know what? One day, it’s not going to be here. So be glad you know what life is. You’re alive...”
“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.”
“I am not a finished poem, and I am not the song you’ve turned me into. I am a detached human being, making my way in a world that is constantly trying to push me aside, and you who send me letters ...”
“Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.”