#artist

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. ↗

— Louis Nizer

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The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. ↗

— James Joyce

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Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a. ↗

— John Galliano

#i #maybe #small

Now, there are people that are Christian artists, because they have a purpose to be evangelical for Christ. I don't feel I've been called to that yet. Now, that could change. There's no telling what kind of call God will put on my life. ↗

— Scott Stapp

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I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

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I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me. ↗

— Angel Haze

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You need a big ego to be an artist. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#big #ego #need #you

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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