Urs Fischer Quotes

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

I have to be able to be the artist that I am.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

I don't do any art to please any people.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

I have to be my own artist. I need the world to know who I am, especially for music. When it comes to acting, that is a whole other story. I have no complaints; that's a team effort. It's not just me, it's everyone. But when it comes to music, it is solo; that's all me.

How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.

I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

Painting is such an individual profession. I'm not performing. There's no audience.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear.

I don't make art to make money, I make art so I can make art.

I have never followed anyone's style of singing.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

As an artist, I really feel I need an outlet to exhibit all of my skills.

Good or bad, the one thing I can say about my art is, if I can quote Sinatra, I did it my way.

Through art, you create your own world.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.