My talent is definitely a gift. I don't understand where it comes from. I don't play an instrument, and I never went to school for music... →
Sean Combs
I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.
Common
Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.
The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.
When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a... →
I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.
Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.
With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films, I became a filmmaker who dabbled in... →
Bruce Conner
I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist.
Ray Conniff
I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.
Billy Connolly