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The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls.

— James Rosenquist

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

— Larry Rivers

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

— Ester Dean

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

— Carmen Ejogo

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

— Jasper Johns

I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.

— T.I.

I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.

— Rosanna Arquette

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

— Paul Simon

✗Opposing Perspectives

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

— Kelly Lynch

You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.

— Missy Elliott

For me, the best way to be as an artist is to be completely yourself, letting that vulnerability come through.

— Gretchen Parlato