Top 1200 Young Artists Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

There's been enough building of fences with labels trying to categorize artists, limiting artists' ability to be themselves.

As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.

The name 'con artist' really does capture it. They're artists, and I have admiration for all artists.

We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers, it is the subhistory of female artists that if you're going to make art, you're also going to have a full-time job of defending your right to make art.

The music industry has changed drastically and that damages young artists. They don't have the same support system that we had. They wanted us to be happy. Today I would have been dropped after the first flop.

Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.

It's not curators, it's not critics, it's not the public, it's not collectors who find great artists - it's other artists.

It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists. You don't want to inadvertently end up doing someone's bidding.

Because U.K. artists aren't compensated when their music is played on U.S. radio ­stations, U.S. artists aren't ­compensated when their records are played on U.K. stations based on the fact that there's no reciprocity. If that income came in, our ­artists would be paying income taxes on it. So if we can get a lot of policy on the radar, that may have some positive influence.

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do as artists.

I got a lot of artists, and I been dropping all my artists' projects, and they going up.

When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

White artists have made millions of dollars off music they stole from black artists. I don't blame all the white artists. I'm a huge Stevie Ray Vaughn fan, and he was always very gracious about where he learned his music. But a lot of the time, you'd think the white guys thought it up. Hey, hasn't anyone heard of Muddy Waters?

As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.

Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.

You could make the most beautiful film, and that weekend it's raining too hard on the East Coast, and no one goes out. Artists should have a chance to do it again. That's the challenge: Women artists don't get a second chance. People-of-color artists don't get a second chance. You're put in director's jail, and that's a wrap.

The art world can be very intimidating because it's just so vast. You talk to people who are really clued in to all the young artists and coming into it you're never going to be able to catch up immediately, even though there's pressure to.

Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move.

Because I was a dancer when I was a kid, I have so much empathy for these young girls who are so drawn to something lovely in music and in movement, and yet they encounter a world full of judgment and criticism of 11-year-old artists and bodies.

Over the years, I developed an extreme hostility towards the non-profit art organization gulag. I formed the opinion that it's actually a very sophisticated form of government suppression of creativity, particularly in young people. When I see the younger generation dragged into this and being told to write these statements and take these photos, define your work this way or that way, I think it's wrong. I think instead of paying any attention to politics, a great project for young artists is to attack and destroy the non-profits of our world.

I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

People are very uncomfortable when you call actors artists because there are a lot of actors out there that aren't artists - there are a lot of actors that are hired for very specific reasons that are shallow and have to do with sexual currency and what the industry thinks sells. Real actors are artists, they're expressionists.

The evolution of art is not only driven by artists, but by a conversation between the artists and the audience.

The biggest problem that I see that young artists have is they aren't willing to fail. And unless you fail a lot, I think it's difficult to find a voice that shouts above the crowds.

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists.

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

Artists should work together like the artists of the Middle Ages.

I think the best advice I would give young artists is to always be working on your craft, because there are so many people out there with a dream similar to yours, a whole lot more than when I started.

Artists raise their kids differently. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books, we go to plays, we talk. Our focus is art and painting and dress-up and singing. It's what we love. So I think you can see how artists in some way raise other artists.

Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.

Artists are interpreters for us of richness and meaning. Artists can reinforce a healthy sense of God's grandeur and nearness.

I prefer artists who are creative more than artists who are technical, I think everybody would agree with that.

If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.

Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.

You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.

Artists who say that they're artists: usually people who need a job.

It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.

True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists.

When I was in my formative years, I rejected Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, and Dean Martin. I now realise they were all great artists, but at the time, as a young man, you have to clear the decks.

My thing with New York was that it felt so insular. When I went to L.A., everybody I knew was a cool, amazing musician. In New York, they'd be hunkered down trying to form a band. But in L.A., guys in bands were also playing with other artists, touring with other artists, and collaborating with other artists.

Ideas are the old-age of art. Artists have to keep young; they must not think too much - thought is death, while art is life. Such was Emile's viewpoint.

Basically I feel like my role is to find great songs with the artists, for the artists, and have them shine.

I find artists like Tim Barry, Cory Branan, and Jenny Owen Youngs, these current artists that are doing what they're doing now are my idols, my generation's incredible songwriters. I've listened to so much music on the whole ride and I'm inspired by a lot of classic artists, but it's the people right next to me singing songs that are blowing my mind, if that makes any sense.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

I thought actors were artists and that artists had to be European.

You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.

What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.

What I've learnt about artists over the years is, artists are usually the opposite to their music.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

There are 100,000 artists on Pandora & 70% are indies; artists making $100K - $2 million.

Some comic artists I've known are better than most contemporary artists with work hanging in Tate Modern.