“I’ve never planned any part of my career—except being an artist. And I was pushed into that corner because I thought being an artist was the only way to have a little freedom.”

— Ai Weiwei

2010-, Life’s Work: Ai Weiwei, 2012

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Chinese concept artist 1957

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“At stake was not only a serious and viable artistic career as a woman, but the development of a subjectivity that was being defined through the self-portrait. conscious of being both muse and maker, Sher-Gil took on the position of artist and object with a double consciousness of being both.”

Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941) Hungarian Indian artist

Above two quotes by art historian Rakhee Balaram in the self in making AMRITA SHER-GIL, 7 December 2013, Kiran Nadar Museum of Arts. http://knma.in/exhibition/self-making-amrita-sher-gil-0.,

“I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.”

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher

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“I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.”

Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist

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“[I'm] a sponge, the more I absorb, the more I am able to articulate my vision, as artists do, like Picasso. I'm an artist in that light. I went from being an artist to an artiste.”

Usher (1978) American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

From " Usher ‘experimental’ in relationships http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Usher-%EF%BF%BDexperimental%EF%BF%BD-in-relationships&nItemID=52417", Q Magazine (May 25, 2012).

“I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?”

Charles de Lint (1951) author

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“Everything is possible, everything except dogma, of any kind.... That's what it's about. Freedom. That's the only possession an artist has — freedom to do whatever you can imagine.”

Phillip Guston (1913–1980) American artist

1961 - 1980
Source: 'It's About Freedom' - as quoted as last lign in 'It's About Freedom, Philip Guston's Late Works in the Schirn'; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 11/6/2013 – 2/2/2014 http://db-artmag.com/en/78/on-view/its-about-freedom-philip-gustons-late-works-in-the-schirn/

“My work has always been political, because the choice of being an artist is political in China.”

Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist

2000-09, Escape from Propaganda, 2009

“I’ve never really planned anything in my career, and just taken the chances as they came my way. I like to think of myself as destiny’s child! I’m sure people down south also check out the Hindi version.”

Nikki Tamboli (1996) Indian Actress

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“I’ve been in the business since I was 16, so I’ve had a 14-year career. I’ve always had acting in my blood. Doing this, whatever it is, was something I was drawn to since my earliest memories. Ironically, I lived in Hollywood, but never understood that all it took was getting an agent and being persistent.”

Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) American actor and film producer

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“I’ve never planned any part of my career—except being an artist. And I was pushed into that corner because I thought being an artist was the only way to have a little freedom.”

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