"The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he makes judgements."

-- Romare Bearden

#Song Quotes #Artist Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
“It (Hinduism) is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests. When a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes it in its folds, and finally causes it to disappear in its capaciousinterior....Hinduism has embraced Sikhism in its folds; the still comparatively young religion is making a vigorous struggle for life, but its ultimate destruction is, it is apprehended, inevitable without State support.”
“My studio is a laptop. Everybody I work with is the same. We make computer music, we're the laptop generation.”
“I am a sundial, and I make a botch Of what is done much better by a watch.”
“You have to have the kind of personality where you're resilient and you can get up and keep moving and learn what there is. What I tell my employees is, 'I want you to make mistakes. If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough. But, when we make a mistake, let's all study it. Let's all learn from it. After that, we want to make different mistakes. We don't want to keep making the same mistakes.'”
“Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.”
“I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.”
“Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers; for their education is but the mere breaking in of the steer to the yoke; the mere discipline of the hunting dog, which, by dint of severity, is made to forego the strongest impulse of his nature, and instead of devouring his prey, to hasten with it to the feet of his master.”

You may also like:

August Wilson
Playwright
Augusta Savage
Sculptor
Elizabeth Catlett
Sculptor
Faith Ringgold
Artist
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Painter
Kadir Nelson
Artist
Kara Walker
Artist
Langston Hughes
Poet