Quotes by Artists

Art does, to some extent, follow economics. James Turrell

Art Economics Follow Some Does Extent

If you just add all the time, add more and more light, it loses its meaning. James Turrell

Time You Light Add More More And More Loses Just Meaning

I want people to treasure light. James Turrell

People Light Want Treasure

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work. James Whistler

Work Alone Will Footsteps

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait. James Whistler

Time Man Long Long Time Takes Like Look His Portrait

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe. James Whistler

Good You Say Perfectly Like Know Safe Then Should

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. James Whistler

Conversation People Impossible Other Talk Becomes Going

I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out quite right - usually a bit better than my mental picture. Jamie Hewlett

Better Picture Bit Pencil Drawing Out Mental Never Head Idea Line Quickly Than Quite Sketch Using Right Start

When I'm working on something, if I went to an exhibition of an artist I respect, then I usually come home quite depressed and look at what I'm doing and throw it all away and start again. Jamie Hewlett

Home Respect Something Throw Come Look Doing Exhibition Artist Quite Again Depressed Then Working Away Start

The art world's quite elitist. I tend to skirt around that world. Jamie Hewlett

Art World Tend Around Quite Skirt Elitist

I don't go to enough exhibitions, purely because it intimidates me. Jamie Hewlett

Me Enough Purely Because Go Exhibitions

Look at someone like Kanye West - ego is the death of a lot of art. To believe in yourself that much is to stop being an artist. Jamie Hewlett

Death Art Yourself Ego Believe In Yourself Believe Someone Like Look West Lot Artist Stop Being Much Kanye Kanye West

My parents weren't very good at keeping things, which is why I treasure my own sons' work so much now - I don't want to lose anything. Jamie Hewlett

Work Good Parents Lose Own My Own Sons Were Very Want Anything Which Much Now Why Keeping Things Treasure

I grew up doubting myself. It was a very spotty, frustrating, worrying time. Jamie Hewlett

Time Myself Doubting Worrying Up Very Grew Frustrating

I need to find a way of retaining creative control. Jamie Hewlett

Creative Control Way Find Retaining Creative Control Need

I want to do stuff that excites me and is enjoyable. Jamie Hewlett

Me Excites Stuff Want Enjoyable

The more you draw, the better you get. Jamie Hewlett

You Better Draw More Get

I see the 'z' in 'Humanz' as referring to robots, AI, programming, brainwashing, indoctrination. And it's a question to us: are we human, or are we humanz? Have we lost the ability to think for ourselves? Do we just believe what we're told? That's how I see it. Jamie Hewlett

AI Lost Believe Think Programming Ourselves Ability See Indoctrination Robots How Question Referring Human Just Us

I don't like collaborating too much. Jamie Hewlett

Too Much Too Collaborating Like Much

I'm all about doing things myself because I find it hard to trust other people. Not trust, but I know exactly what I want to do, and I know exactly how it's supposed to look. Jamie Hewlett

Myself Trust People Other Find Exactly Exactly What About Supposed Know Look Because How Doing Want Hard Things

It's not that I never do interviews or that I find them traumatic. It's just that I'm basically not that comfortable doing them. Jamie Hewlett

Interviews Find Never Comfortable Doing Just Them Traumatic Basically

Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted to explore other areas - we were approaching it in some quite tongue-in-cheek ways and we had a lot of fun - we spent more time laughing than playing music. Jamie Muir

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At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was in a supporting band, with Bernie Green I think. Derek Bailey was one of the visiting musicians. He seemed to like my playing and asked me to come down to London. Jamie Muir

Art Me Musicians College Band Down Think Visiting London Some Seemed Someone He Supporting Bailey Come Like Edinburgh Arranged Art College Up Green Asked Groups Play Playing

I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke. Jamie Muir

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