Top 1200 Famous Artist Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Bruce was famous, but not 'Elvis famous.' He was confident and lighthearted. Comfortable in his own skin. Or so it seemed.

No matter how famous you are, there's always somebody more famous than you.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

I just think that Jack White is the consummate artist - an artist's artist. I'm a huge fan.

Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

I'd rather be remembered as a famous painter than a famous model, so I'll have to start the ball rolling now.

The Best of the artist's art, which will one day be in a Museum wall, the Painting that sets the artist apart of all other artist artists.

People have heard my music, but all my famous songs were made famous by somebody else... But that was my goal.

I am interested in the non-dramatic moments in life. I`m not at all attracted to making films that are about drama. A few years back, I saw a biopic about a famous American abstract expressionist artist. And you know what? It really horrified me.

I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

I never wanted to be famous. The characters I do are famous, and that's fine for me.

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.

I am a serious artist in my own right, in the sense that I've spent my entire life being an artist and trying to be an artist and making work.

I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.

A true artist could and should create till the day they die. You don't ever fail as an artist until you quit being an artist.

When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins.

I got starstruck not by someone who is famous, but by someone who's famous in the miniature painting community. When I was a kid, I used to paint miniatures. There were famous people in the miniature community from forums online. I went to some big event and I saw them in real life and I was so starstruck.

Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity.

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

I’m famous, but I’m not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston.

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

Yes. I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter.

Some people don't care why they are famous; they just want to be famous, and that makes my skin crawl a bit.

I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art

There's no diploma in the world that declares you as an artist—it's not like becoming a doctor. You can declare yourself an artist and then figure out how to be an artist.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

I woke up famous for about a minute, then stopped being famous again.

I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.

When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.

It wasn't supposed to work - being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent. That's what made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.

Some people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpener. I'm famous for my tits.

As an artist, illustrator, and photographer, most of my daily work was formed around the Art & Entertainment business, which was about packaging ideas that looked like they were crafted as artist ideas. In the distributed products, my artist credit was hidden inside the package of the artist or entertainment personality.

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.