When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.
Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still poor. Materially, not much changed.
I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example.
A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.
There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won t.
These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.
I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props.
All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get.
Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.