Talented Artist Quotes

#1. To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight. Michael's book 'Moonwalk', provides a startling glimpse of the artist at work and the artist in reflection.

Jackie Kennedy

#2. I think Frank Ocean is a talented artist; I think he's created material that made me know his name, that impressed me, with things he said on a song like 'Novacane.'

Curtis Jackson

#3. I see no intrinsic reason why a doubly talented artist might not arise and create a comic-strip novel masterpiece.

John Updike

#4. I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.

DMX

#5. Heidi [Montag]'s a far more talented artist. Personally, I think Lady Gaga is repulsive and classless.

Spencer Pratt

#6. My mother was a very talented artist. When she was in jail, we'd write letters back and forth; that was pretty much the only form of communication we had.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

#7. Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.

Bill Plympton

#8. You're a talented artist," he began, and I burst into more tears. He jumped up, agitated, and tried to give the book back to me. "What?" he demanded anxiously. "I mean it! You are! Orange is tricky!

Vicki Keire

#9. My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.

Amber Tamblyn

#10. In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I've been able to hang around longer than most "serious" acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.

Al Yankovic

#11. There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.

Cornel West

#12. [Johnny Depp] a wonderful artist, and such a talented person. I got along with him, splendidly. He's charming and wonderful to work with. He's a dream.

Amber Heard

#13. My heart balloons with admiration for these talented artists, which I so desperately want to be

Vicki Alayne Bradley

#14. We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.

Christopher Bollen

#15. There is no rule of writing so sacrosanct that a talented writer can't break it with impunity if he knows what he's doing. If you never cross lines or break conventions in your writing, you're not doing your job as an artist.

Michael Dalton

#16. Though I played classical piano since age 5 and sang in a cappella groups, being an artist didn't seem like something I was talented enough to do full time. So I kind of buried that dream.

Rachel Platten

#17. It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.

Oscar Isaac

#18. 'YOU AREN'T TALENTED' - it cuts right to the fear of every artist.

Rachel Bloom

#19. Sydney is full of the craziest and most talented artists of all kinds.

Keiynan Lonsdale

#20. Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.

Azzedine Alaia

#21. I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural!

Donatella Versace

#22. I'm not going to say that the other people I worked with weren't artist. They were all very great, very talented people, but I think Guillermo [del Toro] will go down in cinematic history as one of our more talented, visually brilliant directors.

Charlie Day

#23. Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility. Once he pulled a switchblade and threatened to murder his director. I imitated his style in art and in life. It got me in a lot of trouble.

Dennis Hopper

#24. I think it might be nice if there was a Cosimo de' Medici around today, offering commissions to the poor, but talented artists.

Mary Pope Osborne

#25. Shy Carter helped me write 'One Call Away.' He is a brand new artist. I really want to help jumpstart his career because I think he's super-talented.

Charlie Puth

#26. With success it's like 60% talent, maybe 20% luck and then 20% being at the right place at the right time. There are so many artists that have been passed by - even though, on paper, they're the most incredibly talented artists, they don't have the social skills to take it outside of the bedroom.

Seth Troxler

#27. I'm a little bit of an obsessed artist, and I'm not very talented. But isn't Suzanne Somers a bad painter?

Denis O'Hare

#28. I guess something people wouldn't expect me to listen to are artists like Alicia Keys. But she is so incredibly talented. She has this huge voice and great work ethic, which I really respect in an artist. She is also very humble and gracious and devoted to her skill.

Zola Jesus

#29. I'm not sure how anyone with a soul can make jokes about the passing of one of the most talented artists this generation will see.

Samantha Ronson

#30. I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'

Jacob Artist

#31. "The Moderately Talented ... " is just a commentary on the conflict that happens when a young artist girl looks up to you, but you're attracted to them in a different way than they are to you.

Mark Kozelek