An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I believe the artist has an obligation to society.
A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing; otherwise, why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it.
The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is.
I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.
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.
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