Quotations for Artists, Performers, Managers and Entrepreneurs Book

"Quotations" for Artists, Performers, Managers & Entrepreneurs is a collection of 1,200+ quotations from 1,000+ arts professionals. Compiled and edited by Chuck Suber (former editor of DownBeat magazine), this compilation is an insight into the artistic concept.

Through Suber's selections the reader embarks on a personal journey with the quotations as mile markers. Every page, every entry, represents a distinctive dimension of the arts world and captures the inherent power the arts possess.

The book is a useful tool for arts professionals but is also enjoyable for any reader. Its quotations are universal, applicable to the arts as well as life. It is for this reason that "Quotations" for Artists, Performers, Managers & Entrepreneurs is a required text for the Arts, Entertainment & Media Management Graduate Seminar at Columbia College Chicago (the world's largest Arts Management program for both profit and nonprofit organizations) and also the reason that it is a staple on coffee tables across America.

Its user-friendly indices cross-reference the Main Text in the following sections:

I. Names, Titles, and Venues
II. Authors classified by Occupation
III. Topics, Keywords, and selected quotations

It features quotations from prominent artists, critics, and arts managers such as:

• John Lennon
• Henri Matisse
• Virginia Woolf
• Maya Angelou
• Bruce Springstein
• John Lahr
• Woody Allen
• Toni Morrison