“My ego take cheap shots, can't believe how she speak to me. She talks like it's neat pushing buttons like key fobs. Well good day, bitch: I'm writing this beat knocks, tryna pen classics like Reeboks or Greek thoughts or a Fleet Fox, and teach a good message like Aesop's.”— Sammus, open.spotify.com
“A great editor is the most valuable thing you can have as an artist because sometimes you get too close to something.”— Elton John, interviewmagazine.com
“I don't need anybody but me to tell me that I'm an artist.”— Marta Kauffman, Howard J. Morris, Frankie Bergstein, Lily Tomlin, imdb.com
“Start creating your artworks without thinking so much. One day, you will find that you have been doing it for a long time.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“You have a masterpiece inside you, too, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. And remember: If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.”— Gordon MacKenzie, amazon.com
“If your goal is to create art, the worst way you can approach it is to think about what others want to see.”— Jesse Herzog, twitter.com
“Before you go through the execution of making something, it exists in your head, and in your head, it's a perfect idea, perfect execution, perfect everything. It's beautiful. But when you go through the pain of creating something, you have to look into the face of your inadequacy... Here's a quote f…”— Tessa Violet, youtube.com