I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks... BRIAN MOLKO When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the... TAKESHI KITANO For women who have children, the economic difficulty of sustaining a life as an artist maybe makes i... ELIZABETH PRICE I will waste an extraordinary amount of time, you know. And if it's not watching television, I... GLEN DUNCAN I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But the... DAVID BOWIE No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom a... PATTI SMITH I don't have anything to hide. And for the record, I am not against plastic surgery. I believe t... NENE LEAKES I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to per... BARBARA LYNN People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are... COLIN KAEPERNICK I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong p... RICK MERCER What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there'... LADY GAGA I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, w... DAVID BYRNE If there's one thing I've always taken care of with my work, it's that it's never an... JR I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't kno... ARIEL PINK We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up ... RONALD REAGAN You don't have to be a renowned artist like Q-Tip to try your hand at poetry. You don't need... MICHELLE OBAMA The only thing that's better in a group versus being by yourself is the companionship. You have ... TINASHE It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. 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