Pastoral Resources

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress.

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. You can only meet him as an artist. He sees nothing objectively because his own ego is always in the foreground of every picture.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.