Quotes About Expression

There is no color line in art.

In order to play musically you have to learn the art of exaggerating.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

Art can't be compared with journalism; it can't deal with concrete issues.

Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.

It's not only music. It's not only art. It's a community. It's a sense of having a place to belong.

I realise the power of art that does not hang on the walls of galleries.

I make records so I can buy art.

The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

There's nothing more difficult than a line.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

In the mid- to late '60s to the mid-'70s, when I was a student, there was a major change in the thinking about what art can be and how art is made.

Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality.

Everybody who cares for his art seeks the essence of his own technique.

I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema.

Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride.