The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics.
I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.
Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
Yeah, I put out some goofy stuff. I had no idea who I was as an artist at all before 'Posse on Broadway.'
Singing background has always been such a precious thing. I'm always going to be excited to sing behind an artist and learn from them.
No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.
The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls.
In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.
I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in proper perspective, and then the proper priority.
I'm worried a lot of our work day as artists is a producer's creation - not an artist's creation.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
I'm a huge fan of R. Kelly's. He's a musical genius and probably the most prolific artist of the generation before mine.
That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another album' pattern. As an artist, you should keep creating as much as you possibly can.
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
Being a Puerto Rican artist, I support all kinds of projects that are developed on my beautiful island that in some way or another put our Puerto Rican flag up.
Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
