Quotes About Expression

Our "job," our intention as spiritual beings in a body, is to express our true nature - to fully know ourselves as expressions and individuations of the Divine.

Nature and abstract forms are both materials for art, and the choice of one or the other flows from historically changing interests.

Oh, nature's noblest gift, my grey goose quill, Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from the parent bird to form a pen, That mighty instrument of little men.

Artists have made innovations in many areas... But whatever the nature of an artist's innovation, its importance ultimately depends on the extent of its influence on other artists.

Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language.

If I didn't have a conviction that a serious painter can portray Nature more profoundly than the best colour photography, I'd probably give it all up or go abstract or take up photography.

The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist

The pleasure derived from viewing the achievements of others, coupled with a true appreciation of nature, sharpens the desire to express pictorially.

One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one's recollections and inventions are liberated from the tyranny which nature exerts.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature.

If they're [his clients] not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.

I like the illicit nature of street art, but I won't miss the opportunity to make a nice piece because it is legal.

To be an artist you must learn the laws of nature.

What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.

Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings.

Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.

I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes to the form itself…In short, a story that gives you the impression of the blues.

There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.

All truth has to be expressed in sentences... the type of sentence in nature is a flash of lightning.

When I see a wall that's hung with different objects, framed or unframed, what I like about it is its fluidity and rule-breaking nature. Just experiment a bit.

Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.

A poet is the translator of the silent language of nature to the world.

I'm just melancholy by nature, and a lot of that gets into my writing.