Young Artists Quotes

• I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

  Claude Monet

  Artist, Long, Painting

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• In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.

  Irwin Shaw

  Fate, Artist, America

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• I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

  Paul Schrader

  Writing, Artist, Thinking

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• The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.

  Chuck Close

  Inspiration, Artist, Giving

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• Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and...you grab. Good! You know it will draw attention to you. But you aim to be more than bandits, no? So, okay...now be Samurai.

  Jerzy Grotowski

  Artist, Wish, Attention

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• There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Dance, Artist, Order

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• I listen a lot to the incredible young artists who are coming through, which is something that just wasn't possible during Apartheid. That's the way I learn.

  Letta Mbulu

  Artist, Way, Incredibles

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

  Charley Pride

  Artist, Helping, Young

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• When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

  Placido Domingo

  Artist, Limelight, Young

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• These kids will make you cry, laugh... They make you feel all kinds of emotions through their writings and they share a lot with me, as an instructor, that they might not normally share with other people because they are young artists and they need a platform for pulling that stuff out.

  Clinton D. Powell

  Kids, Writing, Artist

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• To the Young Artists of Italy! The cry of rebellion that we launch, linking our ideals with those of the Futurist poets, does not originate in an aesthetic clique. It expresses the violent desire that stirs in the veins of every creative artist today.

  Umberto Boccioni

  Artist, Creative, Desire

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• It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.

  El Greco

  Struggle, Artist, Color

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• There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.

  Ken Danby

  Motivation, Inspiration, Artist

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• When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artist to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.

  Walt Disney

  Being Yourself, Art, Book

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• Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

  O. Henry

  Art, Writing, Drawing

  O. Henry (2015). “O. Henry's stories: Short Stories and Classic Literature”, p.429, 谷月社

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• Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility.

  Igor Babailov

  Humility, Artist, Flying

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• It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.

  Marina Abramovic

  Children, Artist, Missing

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• There is my love... of the young artists of my country who can carry on the dreams and ideals into the future.

  Joseph Plaskett

  Dream, Country, Future

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• The music industry has changed drastically and that damages young artists. They don't have the same support system that we had. They wanted us to be happy. Today I would have been dropped after the first flop.

  Cliff Richard

  Artist, Support Systems, Today

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• When a young artist asks me a question, I want to do what I can to give them an answer if I have it within me. I know what I know. I won't make up stuff. But if it's something I've been through, I'll share my experiences and tell them the truth.

  Michael Tait

  Artist, Giving, Want

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• We think it hugely important to support young artists, there is a war against that kind of artistry, that kind of creation...When somebody is 19 years old, they're gonna do what they're gonna do just like we did... For me the most important thing was for him to know anytime he can call and I'll come whatever happens.

  Will Smith

  War, Artist, Thinking

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• There's a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there. It's all changing and happening and they're able to maybe not play their movies in theaters but get them on the internet. This is the new wave, the new world.

  Alex Stapleton

  Artist, Views, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• Now "professional" seems to be whoever you went to school with. It constitutes your nuclear world. And that's the fault of the teachers; it's not the fault of the young artist.

  Lawrence Weiner

  Teacher, School, Artist

  Source: frontrow.dmagazine.com

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• The housing crisis may not be the worst thing that's happened to New York City because it was becoming impossible for some of the young doctors, for some of the young artists, for some of the people that make the city so special to be able to live here.

  Juan Enriquez

  New York, Artist, Doctors

  "Big Think Interview With Juan Enriquez". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 9, 2009.

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• I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art.

  Michael Longley

  Art, Thinking, Environment

  Scottish Review of Books Interview, www.scottishreviewofbooks.org. October 19, 2009.

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