#artist

Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists. ↗

— Mitchell Baker

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It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain. ↗

— Rick Baker

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The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone. ↗

— James Baldwin

#alone #artist #avoid #being #being alone

It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have. ↗

— Gary Barlow

#artist #because #being #being famous #even

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists. ↗

— Kathleen Battle

#because #both #christopher #experiences #gifted

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#artist #express #first #man #men

And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that's how I wanted to make my living. ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

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I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#artist #concept #distasteful #found #i

Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist. ↗

— George V. Higgins

#data #dilettante #distinguishes

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

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