There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.
So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.
Thinking it over, I can't locate another artist in the Updike family.
I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
I'm an artist; I love everyone.
Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder the sensation which possessed the artist.
A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.
I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys.
Howard Ashman was an amazing lyricist and an amazing artist.
I was doing quite well in Malaysia... Everyone was so excited about my music, and they started accepting me as an artist.
I'm just a manga artist, so I can't stand being scrutinized.
Over the years, El Perro del Mar became this artist that, every record that came out, I just loved it.
I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing.
The left paw has done me well over the years. I'm not a scientist, I'm a martial artist.
I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.
As a young artist working in multiple mediums, the work and especially the writings of artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy were very important to me.
A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image.
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.
Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other artists living in your town: Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, or Titian. Is it any wonder that the Italian High Renaissance lasted only 30 years?
