#artist

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. ↗

— John Cassavetes

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An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany. ↗

— Nick Cave

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I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe. ↗

— Steven Curtis Chapman

#believe #continues #cream #great #hate

Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of. ↗

— Christina Westover

#books #censorship #christina-westover #freedom-of-the-press #passion

It is the artist who tries to gradually accustom people to the possibilities of a better state of things. ↗

— C.A. Dawson Scott

#change #creative-vision #creativity #human-nature #world-community

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#inspiration #inspirational

Writing is my passion, not my job. I need to write as much as I need to breathe, if not more. ↗

— A.E. Croft

#humorous #inspirational #writing #inspirational

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

#artists #big #big heart #comic #dwells

I wonder if only artists can feel peace like this—such a gentle, inconspicuous peace that an ordinary person might not even notice. ↗

— Tessa Emily Hall

#inspirational-quotes #peace #inspirational