Quotes About Expression

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.

Every piece of art is a mirror and serves the function of reflectivity to expose to you and reveal to you more of who you are.

The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there.

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.

All human beings are born with the same creative potential. Most people squander theirs away on a million superfluous things. I expend mine on one thing and one thing only: my art.

Color and I are one. I am a painter.

I call the art of theatre a "dirty art", since there are so many people involved who have needs and whims to be satisfied.

My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to our base impulses .

When the study of the arts leads to the adoration of the formula (heaven forbid), we shall be lost.

I believe that working independently will give artists the ability to communicate the full extent of their art and not just a piece of it that might sell.

When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.

Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.

Art is not special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself if it is good.