1524 Artists Quotes for You to Enjoy

Even at my biggest, I want to be writing for other artists. Even at my peak - the highest I can be as an artist - I always want to be keeping my creative juices flowing, keeping money in the bank, putting my intellectual property out there. Keri Hilson

There's this idea that many of the attitudes and personality developments in black folks in the diaspora are a consequence of this unresolved trauma. There have been attempts by black artists to try and figure out how to represent that in some kind of way. Kerry James Marshall

I used to always say - and I think a lot of artists think of it this way - that when you see a black figure, the way the critical establishment operated, you can only imagine that figure having a sociological value. They never say the ways in which their aesthetics were equally worthy of consideration. Kerry James Marshall

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To me, if there is any sort of value added to the accumulation of knowledge over time, then the work of artists should be a reflection of that accumulated value, accumulated knowledge. You have to demonstrate that you have the sophistication to put that into play in the work you're making. Kerry James Marshall

Too often, if you look back through the history of representation and you take the work of African-American artists, the work is on such a modest scale that it becomes sort of inconsequential. Kerry James Marshall

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Many sportsmen, like myself and my team-mates, artists, and musicians all have unique chances and responsibilities to make themselves heard. We have the possibility to reach the parts that political speeches will never reach. Kevin-Prince Boateng

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Most of the time, with artists like me who go on to become superstars, you never see them when they are still lost and trying to figure life out. Kevin Abstract

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The underground always has the best ideas. Sometimes those underground artists transcend and make it to the mainstream, but most of the time, the big guys just steal from us. Kevin Abstract

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We feel really lucky at Disney to work with a great stable of artists. Kevin Lima

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People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know. Kevin Macdonald

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We all tell our own stories the way we live our lives. My story is: Life is too short to not believe in fresh voices. I don't have Hollywood stars. I have great American artists. Kevin McCollum

I really love when music artists like Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson wear outrageous things. Obviously, if I wore something like that I'd look like an idiot, but I really respect fashion. Kevin McHale

I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time. Khalid

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I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy. Kid Rock

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Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown. Kiki Smith

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We don't know why we should be artists, but we have many reasons why we can't be. Kim Young-ha

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It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. We've got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, it's here one minute gone the next. Kimbra

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You can get really left of centre influences in mainstream pop. Michael Jackson and Prince are some of the most progressive artists ever if you actually dissect their songs there's some crazy stuff going on. Kimbra

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Making a video is one of the most exciting things for artists and fans. It's like a payoff. Kina Grannis

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My dream artists to collaborate with are probably Cee Lo Green and Imogen Heap. They're completely out of my genre but they're both musical geniuses. Kina Grannis

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In general, I don't feel artists should need producers. Kip Winger

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Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing that's ever happened in the world.' Kris Allen

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Well, when you're recording an album, artists have what they feel like is good music, and the label, they're trying to sell the album. So those two ideas clash sometimes, but in the end it always works out. When you put the two together, that's a good thing. Kris Allen

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People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally do, but I think that's just a natural thing for artists. It's like, 'Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.' Kristen Wiig

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