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My goal is to not fit in. My worst nightmare is being the baby version of another artist.

Quotes by Daniel Caesar

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

Quotes by Daniel Clowes

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've...

Quotes by Danger Mouse

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

Quotes by Dan Fogelberg

I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.

Quotes by Damian Loeb

You need a big ego to be an artist.

Quotes by Damien Hirst

I hated school. I travelled so much in my early years that I didn't understand the process. I felt suffocated - not like I was some grandiose artist; I just felt like an alien.

Quotes by Dakota Johnson

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

Quotes by Cyril Connolly

Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.

Quotes by Cyril Connolly

To say that such-and-such a circumstance is 'Kafkaesque' is to admit to the denigration of an imagination that has burned a hole in what we take to be modernism - even in what we take to be the ordinary fabric...

Quotes by Cynthia Ozick

The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and...

Quotes by Cynthia Weil

I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me.

Quotes by Curtis Jackson

The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They're able to put the material on YouTube and have a million views before they even meet an executive at a record company, and get the...

Quotes by Curtis Jackson

When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format.

Quotes by Curtis Jackson

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.

Quotes by Cy Coleman

It's cool to see a bunch of brown kids in the crowd. I wanna be a brown artist that they look up to. I didn't see that many artists with my same culture that I looked up to when I...

Quotes by Cuco

I went to a public school in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and it's a very rural community. I was an artist kid, and I just didn't fit in very well.

Quotes by Crystal Bowersox

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

Quotes by Craig Raine

A bunch of comedians have gotten in 'trouble' for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out saying something political or whatever, then it becomes about that view.

Quotes by Craig Robinson

In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.

Quotes by Creed Bratton

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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