Quotes by Artist Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and achievable in their idea. If it's something I can't achieve, I tell them straight. You want to make sure that the artist really loves the idea and is committed to it, otherwise they're not going to feel great when they're up there miming it. Adria Petty artist trying ideas I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with. Adrian Belew enjoyed artist I am not an artist except that when I envision a concept, I sometimes indulge it. Adrian Grenier indulge artist sometimes I'm connecting and that's really what any artist wants at the end of the day which is to connect with their fans and supporters. Adrian Marcel the-end-of-the-day artist want The influence that Oakland has on my sound is about 90%. There's so many different elements to Oakland. Of course you have the street elements, but then you also have the culture and there's so much culture around. It's a competitive city, it's full of just great artists and talent. It gave me the confidence, the passion, the realness I try my hardest to portray, so it has had about 90% influence on me. Adrian Marcel oakland passion artist I'm one of the artists that even though I love my soulful stuff, I love to turn up and have a good time and that's another side of me. As long as it doesn't veer away from who I am, I'm down with it. Adrian Marcel who-i-am artist long One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer.... In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer. Adrian Piper reactions artist reason There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be. Adrian Tomine artist trying character Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some of it was just an implicit acceptance, like being invited along to the dinner with all of the good cartoonists, or sitting down at a drafting table with an artist and him showing me how to draw backgrounds and perspectives. Adrian Tomine perspective artist acceptance When people see me struggling on paper, I think it invites an almost collaborative relationship with the outside world, and that includes readers and other artists. Adrian Tomine artist struggle thinking I think there was a point in the past when I felt that my options as an artist were either to make race a nonissue and deny its impact on life and just say, "Don't think of me as an Asian cartoonist. Just think of me as a cartoonist." Adrian Tomine artist past thinking I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was a different thing. Adrian Tomine guy artist book And with this sort of increased visibility, there's more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out. And I do think it's sort of too bad that what once was a safe haven for truly eccentric, outsider artists is no longer that thing. But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd. Adrian Tomine safe-haven artist thinking Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it's nice to not have to dread introductions. "What you do for a living?" It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics, but not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it's not pornography, etc. And now people even of our parents' generation are familiar with the term "graphic novel," which is kind of amazing. Adrian Tomine nice artist people I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn't make a definitive statement about this, but my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it. Adrian Tomine teenage artist boys There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline. Adriana Trigiani tools artist needs Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful. Adriana Trigiani grateful eye artist Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality. Adrienne Bailon autism hard-work artist Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing. Adrienne Monnier pleasure artist giving The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life. Adrienne Rich sentimental artist self «1234567891011»