The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

Leonardo da Vinci

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An artist's studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it.

Leonardo da Vinci

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I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.

Mick Jagger

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Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.

Lady Gaga

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Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.

Lady Gaga

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I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.

Bob Dylan

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