artist-philosopher

That the author of Everyman was no mere artist, but an artist-philosopher, and that the artist-philosophers are the only sort of artists I take quite seriously, will be no news to you.

Epistle Dedicatory 1903

That the author of Everyman was no mere artist, but an artist-philosopher, and that the artist-philosophers are the only sort of artists I take quite seriously, will be no news to you.

Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903

"Good hay, sweet hay, has not its equal in the world," as the artist-philosopher Zettel very truly says in the "Midsummer Night's Dream"!

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

Walter Grierson was lost to her for ever, and the dire energies of fate, as described by the artist-philosopher, seemed to hang over her, claiming, in harsh tones, her will as a mere instrument in the working out of her own destiny.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837

"Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity," at the Guggenheim, is the first North American museum retrospective of the septuagenarian Korean artist-philosopher, long recognized as a major post-minimalist figure in Europe and Asia.

The New Yorker newyorker.com 2011