A Quote by Edward Ruscha

As an artist, I gotta stand up to my own work.

Edward Ruscha

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Edward Ruscha
American - Artist
Born: December 16, 1937

An entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself. An artist is on a journey: they don't know where they're going, what is going to happen, but they know they are not there yet, and there is some continuity and growth. I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.

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George Carlin

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Allen Iverson

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Raekwon

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Bill Burr

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Margaret Cho

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David Shrigley

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Karan Soni

Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.

Jill Scott

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