Quotes About Expression

Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

All of art is a search for ways of being, of living life more fully.

Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to 'Wow! Huh?'

Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity toward a conclusion that isn't prescribed by a particular method.

There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.

Art is for everybody.

Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.

When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.

Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.

All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.

You have treated the arts as the cherry on the cake. It needs to be the yeast.

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

Why talk when you can paint?

Art is not there simply to be understood. ... It is more the sense of an indication or suggestion.

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.

I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.

All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.