An artist wears his work in place of wounds.
Patti Smith
As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents... →
No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.
The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't... →
There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work.
I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest... →
What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.
The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that... →
I have way too many hobbies. I play guitar, and my buddies and I record music in a studio in my house. I have a couple of vintage Jeeps I'm... →
Riley Smith
I am always happy and proud of my work in '24' season three. It was a great role, and it was early on in my career, and it was a great test... →