Quotes About Expression

The vitality of art is its capacity for infinite expansion. One form doesn't preclude another any more than the existence of Mozart makes the existence of Bach superfluous.

Arts without a spiritual relative is like frying buns with water.

you cannot teach art—you cannot make a soul

Artistry, perhaps, is at its core being able to control change in interesting ways.

We must not imitate that which we seek to create.

Art isn't life, you know. It if were, the world would go up in flames. It's artifice. By definition.("Talking In The Dark")

One should not confuse creativity with whining.

Art for Art's Sake is for the well fed. The well fed are all the babies in cradles and my kitty along with them, and I am happy if my writings are for my kitty.

If a novel's salient aim is virtue, I want to throw it against the wall.

Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.

All literature and popular art contain themes that resonate with the audience.

Rap in its form is poetry, meaning the point of convergence is words.

PoemWords from the heartBreaking, teaching, healingThe deepest, purest form of artFeeling

Drawing and painting is like a quickie in bed. Were as novel writing is a long term relationship, much more fulling.

Art is the process of relationship. Through art we create and share ourselves.

Art is a consciousness-provoking vessel.

You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box.

A poverty-stricken nation with a great art is a greater nation than a wealthy nation with a poverty-stricken art.

Often when she liked a picture she found that she was liking some part of herself, some part of her that was in accord with the picture

A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

Nicole Brossard, White Piano

Language is the art of experience

Do not justify art, once you do, it limits the feelings it is apt to inflict. Art with Boundaries shadows all its principles.

Explore Art without a campus, it is fulfilling in the unknown.