Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.
I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We are all people, and we are all creative.
What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.
There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.