As an artist, you're always going to be yearning and wanting and never satisfied. I never feel like I've really achieved something.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You want, as an artist, to be pushing yourself to do what you haven't done before.
As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be.
What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.
As an artist, it feels good that we've created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do.
Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.
One of the greatest things about being an artist is, as you get older, if you keep working hard in relationship to what you want the world to be and how you want it to become, there is a history of interesting growth that resonates with different moments in your life.
As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with.
I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.