Andre Malraux Quotes

Any system that sees aesthetics as irrelevant, that separates the artist from his product, that fragments the work of the individual, or creates by committee, or makes mincemeat of the creative process will, in the long run, diminish not only the product but the maker as well.

The artist is called a creator.

We need to give artists a lot of free room to create.

If we pretend to respect the artist at all we must allow him his freedom of choice , in the face, in particular cases, of innumerable presumptions that the choice will not fructify.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

I feel sometimes constrained by the expectation that the work should be solely political. I try to create a type of work that is at the service of my own set of criteria, which have to do with beauty and a type of utopia that in some ways speaks to the culture I'm located in.

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

For me going solo meant freedom to collaborate and do whatever I feel I'm good at doing. For me it was really not ever expanding as an artist, developing everything from my songwriting to my singing to my mission statement to my vision. I've been so inspired by all the creative freedom that it brings that I have no complaints.

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

I don't think music can be held. I don't think artists can be put into boxes or places. It's all about creating and making the best music you can.

I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie.

I only know this - that you can’t give advice to an artist.

I don't like to work in an office. I like to work in my house, to be among my own thoughts. The idea is for an editor to let his artist alone, let them be themselves, let them exchange their own ideas and you'll come up with something salable.

It is not the job of artists to give the audience what the audience want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience. They would be the artist. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need

The modern artist, by nature and destiny, is always an individualist.

Things have changed. I almost feel like it's more adaptable, and you can decide your own career now. I feel artists have so much more of a voice and so much more power now. It's really inspiring to see how a lot of the young artists use their platforms.

I have been in situations where actors are treated like robots: say the lines, say it like this, we don't have time for conversations. That is a terrible position to be in as an artist. You feel used.

When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of order.

Generally in our world, whether in architecture or almost anywhere else, we devalue the artist, and schools at whatever level shut people down.

By artist I mean of course everyone who has tried to create something which was not here before him, with no other tools and material than the uncommer-ciable ones of the human spirit.

We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides.

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.