No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
A great artist is a great man in a great child.
It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
I've always believed that the artiste is the one who has his pulse on the society and who, in many ways, represents the conscience of society in terms of engaging standards that we need to live by.
The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.