To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.

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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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I’m here now, I’m inevitably going to die at some point, and as an artist I feel an ardent urge to constantly be creating.

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Do one thing every day that scares you. - Eleanor Roosevelt

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The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the call that arises within him from three strong voices: the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love and the voice of art.

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I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it. - David Bowie

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Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

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I think you should never be forced to be nice as an artist. An artist has to be uncomfortable in a way. Narcissistic and uncomfortable. - Luca Guadagnino

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I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money. -Pablo Picasso

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