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I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

Quotes by Dave Matthews

You can't turn fame off regardless if you're a platinum-selling artist or you're in jail every week. If you're famous, you're famous. You're in the headlines either way you go.

Quotes by Dave East

I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around you.

Quotes by Dave Filoni

The whole 'serious artist' thing is very damaging. The powers that be will steer you towards your own demise. One thing I've learned is that it's not very glamourous, and my problems are no different from anybody else's.

Quotes by Dave Gahan

One of the things you have to be able to do, as a comic strip artist, is to draw things repeatedly from a variety of angles, so you need references, and you find the best picture you can.

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through.

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

Quotes by Dave Grohl

Anyone who doesn't know anything about art knows the name of at least one artist.

Quotes by Dasha Zhukova

When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.

Quotes by Darren Criss

My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing - it's what every artist probably hopes for.

Quotes by Daryl Hall

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

Quotes by Daryl Hall

I wish I started out as a solo artist.

Quotes by Darlene Love

I have another aspect of my career where I'm a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and I'll say that when you study Yiddish literature, you know a whole lot about forgotten writers. Most of the books on my shelves...

Quotes by Dara Horn

I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as an artist and an actor. In that sense, it had to have helped me.

Quotes by Daniel Sunjata

After working on 'Europa,' I found it incredibly freeing to speak English in a film, so it kind of sparked an interest in me as an artist to improve my acting.

Quotes by Daniel Wu

When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start thinking that I could be a musician.

Quotes by Daniel Johnston

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

Quotes by Daniel Johnston

The most successful Subway customers, of course, are the ones who can't keep their hands off their sandwich. Join your artist in the sandwich assembling process. That sneeze guard is a suggestion. That sneeze guard is trying to intimidate you...

Quotes by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.

Quotes by Daniel Ek

No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.

Quotes by Daniel Barenboim

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Artist quotes explore?
These quotes look at what it means to be an artist to the core — using talent to elevate humanity, drawing inspiration from visual artists, and training both eye and soul. For more on the craft itself, see our Art collection.
Is there a quote about using art to elevate humanity?
Yes — one quote says, "I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art."
How does a choreographer's process connect to visual art here?
One quote explains starting not with music but with a visual artist, then finding music that fits that visual artist's world — a reminder that inspiration doesn't have to follow the usual order. This creative, unconventional way of being an artist is explored further in our Being collection.
Is there a quote about training beyond just technical skill?
Yes — one quote states simply, "The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."
What does the 'color is the keyboard' quote mean?
One quote compares creation to music: "Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul." It's a poetic way of describing how an artist channels feeling into form. If you like exploring identity through creative work, our I Am collection covers similar ground.

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