Artist Quotes — Page 27

Entrepreneur

“Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.”

Artist Philosophical Best Job

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Susan Sontag

Essayist, Critic, Activist

“To be an artist or a writer is to be this weird thing - a hand worker in an era of mass production.”

Hands Artist Eras

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James A. Baldwin

Writer

“Artists are here to disturb the peace.”

Artist

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Frank Miller

Comic Book Artist

“Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one.”

Artist Voice

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Tim Allen

Actor, Comedian

“I love doing logos. I've been a graphic artist all my life.”

Artist Logos Graphic

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“With the invention of the blog and all this Internet stuff, everybody has an opinion; everybody has a voice. In fact, there was a time when the average person didn't have a voice so you had to pick an artist to speak for you.”

Artist Voice Average

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Neil Gaiman

Author

“So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines and got on the phone and talked to editors about ideas for stories. Pretty soon I found myself hired to do interviews and articles and went off and did them.”

Artist Phones Yearbook

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

“If an artist is reaching for the universe as a source of creative muse, then I'm there. I'm gonna say, "Yeah. Here's Saturn. Here's a black hole. Here's twisted space-time. Talk to me. What do you need? What do you want?" And I'll just feed you, because I think only then does science become mainstream - when science becomes a legitimate topic for artists.”

Thinking Artist Creative

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James A. Baldwin

Writer

“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”

Artist Love You Roles

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George R. R. Martin

Novelist, Screenwriter

“An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.”

Artist Dark Hero

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Jay-Z

Rapper, Businessman

“I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.”

Trying Artist Giving Up

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“Create, artist, do not talk.”

Artist Silence

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