The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected - the best - evolutions.
The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats.
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
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.
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.
An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.