Pastoral Resources

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training.

In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god.

It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this.

At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time.

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral.

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.

It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.