Quotes About Expression

Writers only think they are interested in politics, they are not really, it gives them a chance to talk and writers like to talk but really no real writer is really interested in politics.

The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music... because music was my escape.

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

These are two opposing forces, and whenever I am in active politics, I stop writing. And when I'm writing, I don't politick.

I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song.

I would always consider myself to be political with a small "p," although it makes me mad when people say politics should be kept out of music.

The conflict between art and politics... cannot and must not be solved.

Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.

There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics.

I could always write songs, act, get into politics, or stay home with the kids. But I've got to have some fun.

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

...sometimes offering a quality daily opinion about what's going on in American politics feels like trying to compose a beautiful symphony using only the recorded screams of psychiatric patients.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.