Quotes by Artist What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood. Alice Walker grandmother artist mean You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well. Alice Walker artist may people The artists who have inspired me the most in my life are the ones who have really had something to say and stand up for. That, to me, is part of being an artist-having the voice to express things that need to be verbalized and brought to light. Unfortunately, I don't think that's a priority for people, because the few artists who do have the nerve to take a stand for what they believe get shut down in a way. Alicia Keys artist believe thinking So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history. Alicia Keys music artist change Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political. Alicia Keys best-work political artist One needs to be on guard against expecting external powers to decide when you can take yourself seriously as an artist. It can be a long wait - and lead to endless appetite. Alison Hawthorne Deming artist waiting long Teachers have been heroes to me, as well as artists and writers, and I'm honored to be among their ranks. There is always a lot of grousing about the academy. I suppose it comes from our all-American anti-authoritarianism. Alison Hawthorne Deming artist hero teacher If nothing will finally survive of life besides what artists report of it, we have no right to report what we know to be lies. Alison Lurie artist truth lying Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists. Alison Moyet nice artist thinking I like to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' when I'd doing cardio. But, sometimes I do need good music to get me moving. I like high energy songs by artists like Justin Timberlake and Rihanna. Alison Sweeney artist song moving The artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man. Allan Bloom creativity artist men Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle of legitimacy that breaks the inner will to resist.... Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience. Allan Bloom democracy artist people Americans ... do not naturally apply the term "bourgeois" to themselves, or to anyone else for that matter. They do like to call themselves middle class, but that does not carry with it any determinate spiritual content. ... The term "middle class" does not have any of the many opposites that bourgeois has, such as aristocrat, saint, hero, or artist - all good. Allan Bloom artist hero spiritual The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him. Allan Kaprow dancer artist needs In this context of achievement-and-death, artist who make Happenings are living out the purest melodrama. Their activity embodies the myth of nonsuccess, for Happenings cannot be sold and taken home; they can only be supported. Allan Kaprow artist taken home The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only their real meaning will be stated. Allan Kaprow artist real trying Artist refers to a person, willfully enmeshed in a dilemma of categories, who performs as if none of them existed. Allan Kaprow dilemma categories artist If you dig deep and keep peeling the onion, artists and freelance writers are the leaders in society - the people who start to get new ideas out. Allan Savory artist people ideas So the problem for the poetic artist or the photographer is the common problem of continuous attentiveness, continuous attempts to notice what he is noticing, continuous alertness to catch himself thinking or seeing, devotional attentiveness to the world he's moving through. Allen Ginsberg artist moving thinking Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist. Allen Toussaint particular artist song «910111213141516171819»
