Quotes About Expression

Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.

Designs are a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.

Words can not express the joy of new life.

Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.

Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.

Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.

Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.

Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing.

When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves.

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

I got in trouble my whole life for having a big mouth.

What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture, in a scene, they get locked into a particular way to play the scene, and it lacks an immediacy.

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be ok.

Life is not about win-and-lose. Life is about being or not being, expressing or not expressing, who you are.

I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life.

Never be ashamed of your tears. Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears.

Some people live life and others talk about it.

I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks.

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made - I try to act in the gap.