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“As an artist, performing the music I create to a live audience is very important to me. It's a different skill to create music in the studio, and it keeps me connected to the people.”
Sjava (born 1988) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sjava celebrates a stellar start to 2025 with awards nod, EP release, and tour announcement,Cape Argus,Annita Nkosi, (March 2025)
“I still feel like I’m building the legacy as I haven’t achieved the things I thought I’d be or have at this age. However, my main focus is being a true artist who is willing to sharpen his skills and willing to learn”
Tony Kgoroge (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After doing the music jingles and selfies I became aware as an artist, of COVID-19 prevention measures. I learnt that in as much as we are sensitising others, we also need to protect ourselves. To everyone in Zimbabwe, let us not wait for UNICEF, MoHCC or NACZ to come to us and tell us what to do, let us all be our own ambassadors and fight COVID-19 together”
Sandra Ndebele (born 1982) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Digital theatre praised for fostering positive health and nutrition behaviours,1 October 2020
“I am really inspired by what is happening on campuses, it’s the reason I am here. People are demanding more and they are demanding what they deserve. I wouldn’t want to be an artist anywhere else”
Dean Hutton (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted to do something on my own. I also wanted to be sure that the people who come to my shows are coming to support me and not just to see that famous artist I am featured with”
Nothando Hlophe (born 1989) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Swazi gospel singer Nothando Hlophe promotes new album on PE visit,29 March 2019
“all the scripts that were being sent were about the first Black woman to make a muffin or something. Even though those stories are important to tell, I also want to open things up for myself as an artist”
Zoë Kravitz (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a good 10 hours in the makeup chair, and then I’d go and do a 12-hour day on set, and the makeup artist, Sarah Rubano, who was incredible, would constantly be touching me up and making sure my contacts were all right and all those sorts of things.”
Mia Goth (born 1993) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her prosthetic makeup for Pearl, Gingold, Michael (14 April 2022). "Exclusive Interview: Mia Goth and Brittany Snow Get Into the Skin of "X"". Rue Morgue.
“Koffi Olomide is one of the greatest… I pay tribute to an artist for all he has done for our music and for the great Congo.”
Tshala Muana (1958–2022) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Article, title: Tshala Muana pays tribute to Koffi Olomide, author: Radio Okapi, publication: Radio Okapi, url = , date = 14 juin 2016
“That search, that charge after these floating ephemeral objects that you try not only to capture but then assemble into some reconstructed narrative that will not only make sense but also maintain some truth to the performer or the artist you’re studying or the film and media artifact at the same time.”
Barbara Klinger wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Unlike the previous generation] We songwriters who started out in the 1980s, on the other hand, explored reality in a socio-emotional sense. Anyone familiar with my songs can see how I am closer, if anything, to the legacy of Mogol, an artist who always avoided talking about politics in order to put normality in the spotlight instead.”
Biagio Antonacci (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After all, I'm probably the artist you don't hear much gossip about.”
Carmi Martin (born 1963) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . PEP.ph. 31 May 2016.
“To the artist, to the musician, is given the task of creating and expressing beauty--of sensitizing the souls of men.”
Howard Hanson (1896–1981) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Howard Hanson 1977, University of Rochester Press Chapter 39: The Eastman School--The Post-War Years, as quoted from the Rochester Times Union by Ricker on September 25, 1951 on rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu
“Thank you so much for everything. You are an incredible artist,”
Eugene Domingo (born 1971) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eugene Domingo honors Hilda Koronel in emotional tribute, By Mark Joseph F. Carreon 5 March 2026.
“It feels like my career as an artist has a new purpose over there. Because I feel like once you bring the music scene to life, you also bring the Filipino community to life — you bring Filipino restaurants, businesses, beauty parlors to life… so I feel like that was my purpose living in Spain.”
Kitchie Nadal (born 1980) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: EXCLUSIVE: Kitchie Nadal thankful as her songs remain relevant: ‘I don’t take it for granted’ Clarence Gillego, Push Team, 14 June 2025.
“I’ve learned my lesson— until the artist comes to me seeking help or advice, I leave them alone. I can’t give them what they want if they don’t ask for it. Something like that happened before [that didn’t go so well], so I don’t want to anymore.”
Maricel Soriano (born 1965) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maricel Soriano: Why she continues to shine like a diamond, Philippine Daily Inquirer 27 November 2019.
“I am still an artist and a singer. But even if I'm not, I'll still go bald. I just want to say that whatever your choice is, you are still beautiful inside and out.”
Gigi de Lana (born 1995) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gigi De Lana opens up about mom's health condition ABS-CBN, 12 February 2023.
“It was too hard to be a feminist artist on your own; the criticism was too great to bear.”
Alexis Hunter (1948–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Found in Ron Brownson. (30 Dec 2015). Remembering Alexis Hunter. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Accessed 21 Jan 2026
“(About the Sanremo Festival) It has gone from being a song festival to a product festival. This is a consequence of the rapid obsolescence of lyrics: once upon a time, an artist dreamed of finding a song that would remain in their repertoire forever. Today, what matters is doing something that works immediately.”
Peppe Vessicchio (1956–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The true mathematician is always a good deal of an artist, an architect, yes, of a poet. Beyond the real world, though perceptibly connected with it, mathematicians have intellectually created an ideal world, which they attempt to develop into the most perfect of all worlds, and which is being explored in every direction. None has the faintest conception of this world, except he who knows it.”
Alfred Pringsheim (1850–1941) first seen 1108 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 184, no. 1108
“Interviewer: You also joke a lot about death, calling it the Musona... Vanoni: I've already made arrangements: I've asked Paolo Fresu to play at my funeral, I'll wear a beautiful loose-fitting pleated dress, and I'll have my make-up artist do my make-up. I'll look great. I don't want to die late, I couldn't bear to stay at home doing nothing.”
Ornella Vanoni (1934–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About Mango) I started out in the 1980s singing Lei Verrà in piano bars. It was one of the songs that gave me the chance to start my musical career. The news of his death is shocking. Mango will always be remembered as a great artist, because death cannot silence a voice and a song.”
Marco Masini (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My relationship with communication is good in some ways and disastrous in others. Those who participate in Sanremo, for example, have four minutes to tell you a little about their world. Television is a truly absurd medium, capable of destroying any type of artist.”
Mango (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About Giorgio Gaber) A multifaceted artist to the point of confusing and mixing within himself his being a great actor and great singer, and then a mime, and then a subtle reciter, and then again a man with an unmistakable vocal timbre, marked like the brushstrokes of a great painter.”
Mango (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sequels are always made for purely commercial reasons, i.e. to allow producers to make more money. However, they are extremely damaging to an artist's career.”
Gina Lollobrigida (1927–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rarely has an artist been a hero. More often than not, he lives in isolation, like a very shy rabbit.”
Fabrizio De André (1940–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The real is the poem. Hence, for the poet—our figure for the writer as artist—to write is to get real.”
Gémino H. Abad (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every role I take in theater challenges me to grow as an artist.”
Kayo Shekoni (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A book is something very important in the career of a photographer and an artist. It is the most enduring way to preserve work for posterity.”
Joaquim Paiva (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The image becomes the truth, it largely takes the place of the word; the photobook gives the artist an even greater freedom of creation.”
Joaquim Paiva (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I realised that I just wanted to be a f—ing boss. I decided I didn’t have to choose between being an artist and being a songwriter and just started to do both. I felt ready to go and make songs and not feel worried about making a cool record or getting a hit. I just want to make songs that I really like.”
Charli XCX (born 1992) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dove, Rachel (15 February 2015). "Charli XCX Interview: 'I Realised That I Just Wanted to Be a Fing Boss'". The Daily Telegraph.
“I'm an artist. My personal life is not up for commentary. My work is. Please look at what I do as a character, in a film, in a drama. Talk to me about that. Ask me about that. Why did I play a certain character the way that I did? How did this story appear to me? Tell me about that.”
Sajal Aly (born 1994) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mahwash Ajaz (4 December 2018). "My personal life is not up for commentary: Sajal Aly". The Express Tribune.
“What the artist can produce - the rich cannot earn.”
Menashe lustig (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beauty for the Indian artist has been a reflection of the glory of God.”
Benoy K. Behl (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The attitude of the artist is not one of struggling against the vicissitudes of life. Instead, it is of surrender. There is no valour, there is no heroism. There is only the search for the still center of the turning world, with all the activity of the life, the look is within.”
Benoy K. Behl (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always found it most therapeutic. The energy of being in a classroom when you are doing something as an artist, to be practicing, it always appeals to me.”
Janhvi Kapoor (born 1997) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kausha, Sweta (10 March 2021). "Janhvi Kapoor Interview: Indian Actor Opens Up Her Films, Love For Kathak". Forbes.
“Some hearts miraculously endure. Agosto Machado—artist, activist, thespian, muse, historian, raconteur, and perennial fashion plate—is one of them.”
Alex Jovanovich (born 1975) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Portfolio introduction; "Portfolio: Agosto Machado", Artforum, September 2025.
“How does Christianity operate in the world? In the way the artist works on the stone he works: imprinting in it – as much as is possible! – the light and ideal beauty with which he is filled.”
Giorgio La Pira (1904–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I ventured into fashion and beauty modeling as a teen. I used to be a video vixen before I fueled my passion for everything beauty and delved into makeup artistry. I am a trained makeup artist at MUD. My beauty brand was launched in 2016.”
“I know who I am; I know that type of artist that I am. I am very confident in that and I don't have an identity crisis.”
“It is not always the people that are recognised to be the number one that really are number one. But the thing is that, as an artist, that is not what you should be in it for, you need to be in it to create impact... I disagree that if you're not charting, you're less creative. It's a big lie.”
“The very calling of the artist/writer is a political statement; with writers from historically disadvantaged parts of the world, political consciousness becomes a social, almost existential imperative.”
Niyi Osundare (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes a novelist needs to think like a journalist, for the what, where, when, how. So these skills feed into each other but for me it’s quite difficult to find a balance. I do mostly journalism these days and I am trying to find a way to spend more time being an artist and combining that with being a journalist.”
Tolu Ogunlesi (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am. Savannah Royals is a historical romance heist novel. It's set in 1919 to 1920, Savannah, Georgia. And it follows a con artist female main character who has grown up in the catacombs running underneath of Savannah. And she belongs to a gang who's targeting the blue blood and wealthy elite of the city of Savannah.”
Lindsay Barrett (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a major learning curve for me as a business woman and as an artist. I was very lucky, I worked with people who have grown up in the industry. It was an entirely self financed project and it was my first time taking up on something that big on my own. I don’t know if I would do the same thing exactly the same way again, but I definitely want to get back in the studio.”
Lebogang Mashile (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The historian in the ideal history is as little seen as Shakespeare is seen in the tragedy of Hamlet....The camera is not seen in the sun picture; neither are the easel, the brush, the hand, and the eye of the artist seen on his canvas.”
John Clark Ridpath (1840–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s something Brooklyn does to you, to be honest, something about an artist here — either you evolve or you die.”
Laolu Senbanjo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had the idea to stitch on paper after seeing a poem my sister (who is also an artist) had stitched into the collar of her shirt. The stitched letters were so beautiful. I can still picture the grey letters against the blue fabric. My first stitched piece was a story about my father’s death, with images and text sewn into sheets of painted composition paper.”
Wura-Natasha Ogunji (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The artist's voice is essential, for it speaks the truth that others may be afraid to utter.”
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The artist's role is to challenge the viewer, to make them question their assumptions and beliefs.”
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There as so many highs, but mainly the fact that I’ve grown as an artist. As for the lows, there’s this perception of me from people and that makes me sad sometimes.”
Kikky Badass (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source