Rufus Wainwright Quote Explained: As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

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Once you’ve fallen from classical virtue, won’t have a soul for to wake up and hold you.

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

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It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.

- Rufus Wainwright

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

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I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.

- Rufus Wainwright

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

Lying

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That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn’t always win.

- Rufus Wainwright

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

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To me, songs come of their own volition – and with an open-ended philosophy.

- Rufus Wainwright

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

Philosophy

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But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.

- Rufus Wainwright

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

Artist

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Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.

- Rufus Wainwright

Singer-songwriter

· Canada

Moon

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

Once you’ve fallen from classical virtue, won’t have a soul for to wake up and hold you.

It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.

I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn’t always win.

To me, songs come of their own volition – and with an open-ended philosophy.

But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.

Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

As an artist, I’ve always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture.

For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one.

If I’ve grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There’s no need to explain it.

I love artists, because through art one can express oneself beautifully.

The character of the artist doesn’t enter into the nature of the art

An artist must smash down the systems that domesticate the mind.

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

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