#artist

From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it. ↗

— Reynolds Price

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In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley. ↗

— Charley Pride

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When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out. ↗

— Charley Pride

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In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

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I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

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The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

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I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

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Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

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I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue. ↗

— James De La Vega

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As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. ↗

— Bridget Riley

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