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You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.

— Nicki Minaj

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I honestly think that's one of the greatest motivators of art - the fear of not making great art.

— Jason McCoy

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

— Bruce Nauman

Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.

— Alex North

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.

— Duke Ellington

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.

— Paul Cezanne

Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If you do that, then being inspired by your contemporaries or people from the past is really great.

— Lawrence Bender

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.

— Damien Hirst

I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts.

— Ken Baumann

✗Opposing Perspectives

Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.

— Maria Semple

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

— Carmen Ejogo