I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.
Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for cheesemakers. I don't know anything about music theory. Every time I approach my guitar, it's like the first time. There's no craft in that.
I grew up with artists.
You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.
As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.
As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.
I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living.
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.