You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.
Anna Deavere Smith
That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.
I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their... →
Arthur Smith
Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.
Kiki Smith
The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.
Patti Smith
Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian... →
Russell Smith
Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse... →
Zadie Smith
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.
Robert Smithson