I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.
quote by Howard Hodgkin

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I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of these portraits ends up as a picture of a woman with blonde hair. I myself have never been able to work out why this happens.
quote by Georg Baselitz

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Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
quote by Pablo Picasso

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Suicidal
Tortured are their portraits,
Hanging.
A few undusted for many years.
And depicting scenes,
Of a life fantasized as serene and innocent.
Free of mystery and mystique.
Tortured are their portraits,
Tilted as if purposedly.
Tilted as if the feelings of being jilted,
By false portrayals stay as they are as reminders.
None seem to be hung centered.
As if set by one in a stupor.
Or hungover from too much reality.
With framed portraits depicting tortured scenes,
Of a crisp and pristined life...
On canvas and documented for authenticity.
But can not be quite lived right to such perfection.
And...
Suicidal,
For those making attempts to do it!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Envy Exposed
Green with Envy does not describe
The color worn by this foul Sin
For green is the color of living things
An Envious Heart has no life therein
The color Blue for Envy will not do
Blue is the sky where freedom sings
In skies so many dreams take flight
An Envious Heart has no wings
Envy cannot dress in Yellow or Gold
The warm colors of the life giving Sun
An Envious Heart is so bitterly cold
With no joie de vivre for all of life’s fun
Envy dare not wear any shade of Red
A color so linked to precious bloodshed
Blood is sacred not to be wantonly shed
An Envious Heart would bleed others till dead
Purple is the color of Passionate fire
An Envious Heart knows only Hate’s ire
Pink is a color where innocent youth may abide
An Envious Heart is tired and shriveled inside
Nor can Envy ‘s color be Black as night
For the star filled night is laced with light
Envy won’t wear Purity’s symbolic White
An Envious Heart does not own such a right
Envy cannot even lay its claim to Grey
(Muddled mix of color though be as it may)
Grey is the color of softness seen
An Envious Heart is hard and mean
What Envy wears best is Invisibility
So denuded of Soul none would wish to see
No color born of Heaven will suit it well
An Envious Heart will be naked in Hell
poem by Mary Havran

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Bestowers Of Transformative Vision
pathos suffering passion
ripe within bodily experience
pathos of culture artistic expression
artists the 'I give birth to'
shape shifters people creators
bestowers of transformative vision
sentence seen is life vibration alteration
passionate in artistic creation expression
enrichers of web strand seekers beholders
artists hung upon vision quests
artists hung upon life beat heart beats
artists hung upon eyes burning in soul flame
artists historical now you see them now you don’t
poem by Terence George Craddock

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A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.
quote by Edvard Munch

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37
Im envious of your i.q. of 37
You, youre the one
Its written all over your face
You, youre the one
Id like to take your place.
Im envious of your i.q. of 37
Your lack of brains just drives me crazy
Its the only way to get by and be lazy
You, youre the one
Its written all over your face
You, youre so dumb
Id like to take your place.
Im envious of your i.q. of 37
From where I come its the dumber the better
No-one likes a really go getter
song performed by by Devo

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Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do.
quote by David Hockney

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However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a "" buzz "" about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.
quote by Pat Garrett

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And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.
quote by Lee Ann Womack

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I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.
quote by Lee Ann Womack

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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
quote by Garth Ennis

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Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.
quote by Georges Rouault

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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
quote by Igor Stravinsky

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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
quote by Lionel Trilling

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A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.
quote by Hilary Rosen

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We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum.
quote by Jermaine Dupri

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Mothe Earth Is A Vicious Crowd
Pollution, cain, and misery
Oceans of golden mystery
Armies boisterous and armies loud
Portraits of a vicious crowd
Talk to me, talk to me now
Hey man, youre all that I have
Me myself, myself and i
Were born to work and born to die
I have chosen my anthem of these I am proud
Portraits of a divided crowd
Talk to me, talk to me now
song performed by by Live

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Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody.
quote by Thom Yorke

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Art Investment Futures
Glad Wrap Artists Decoded
Cashed In Life Canvases
Heartbeat Artists Devalued
Living Vessels Purchased
poem by Terence George Craddock

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