“The artist sees through the light to catch sight of what is as yet invisible and thus receives a guide for bringing the work to light.”— Andrew Mitchell, amazon.com
“The bottom line? Amy Adams deserves all the awards, and then some. And if there’s a special crown, or a sash, or just a medal that reads 'Queen of the Golden Globes' — well, she deserves those, too.”— De Elizabeth, instyle.com
“People leave social media for different reasons. They rage-quit. Their account gets canceled. They receive an intervention. Sometimes it’s a refusal to perform the self to make unpaid content and uncompensated value for a company worth over $100 billion.”— Drew Zeiba, vulture.com
“The stereotype of the 'struggling artist' doesn’t have to be you (unless you dig that grungy aesthetic).”— Sam Newman, thehhub.com
“I believe in just supporting whoever is President to a degree and hopefully some kind of unity will be bridged--I'd feel the same way about Hillary. I just don't feel the hate, that's all. I think there's a hysteria right now that is not at all grounded in reality.”— Bret Easton Ellis, reddit.com
“I like to keep "office hours" meaning pretty much 10-6 in the office working on various projects. If something is due I might go late, overtime, but usually prefer evenings to be open.”— Bret Easton Ellis, reddit.com
“You're not here to line up behind what's cool, you're here to share what you truly love even if people aren't into it at the moment.”— John Mayer, instagram.com
“I am accepting of who I am. I will continue to explore every inch of my soul and every part of my artistry.”— Beyoncé, vogue.com
“Tickets to the museum will cost you 15 bucks, but as the poster out the front says: it's worth the Monet.”— David Walpert, Doug Guggenheim, Josh Lawson, imdb.com
“Artists, long-term success is built through lots of small, daily victories. It doesn't happen overnight.”— Eric Alper, twitter.com
“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.”— Thomas Harris, amazon.com
“Do not idolize the artists whose art you admire. Admire the art. Appreciate the person who created. But stop there.Yes, we can expect people to be of good character, but when it bleeds over into hero worship, you are setting yourself (and them) up for disappointment.”— Shaun King, twitter.com
“Whenever an Artist dies, the world loses a bit of what makes us uniquely human.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com
“we study them in school, the tortured artists. look at all the poets who killed themselves what would their work have been without their depression?”— Ashe Vernon, latenightcornerstore.com
“And the clearer and deeper you get into what you really want, you just become a better artist. If that’s what you really want — becoming a better artist — does that include access? Does that include having 5 billion Instagram followers? I don’t know. That’s for you to decide. But if what you want is…”— Sandra Oh, vulture.com
“Once upon a time, artists had jobs. And not 'advising the Library of Congress on its newest Verdi acquisition' jobs, but job jobs, the kind you hear about in stump speeches. Think of T.S. Eliot, conjuring 'The Waste Land' (1922) by night and overseeing foreign accounts at Lloyds Bank during the day,…”— Katy Waldman, nytimes.com
“Sometimes for an artist, the only difference between insanity and genius is success.”— Edward Allen Bernero, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com