Quotes About Expression

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

That is what art is at the end of the day: It's an escapism that we all crave.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.

Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesnt look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.

Art has a will of its own. It has nothing to do with the taste of the moment or what's expected of you. That's a formula for dead art, or fashionable art.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.

Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance.

It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Nowadays, with digital printing, it's so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what make a piece.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Above all, art should be fun.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Express yourself through your art - whether it's your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences.