Quotes About Expression

Music is nothing more than decoration for the imagination. That

because in the end, creativity is a gift to the creator, not just a gift to the audience

the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?

The guardians of high culture will try to convince you that the arts belong only to a chosen few, but they are wrong and they are also annoying. We are all the chosen few. We are all makers by design.

It matters./It doesn't matter. Build space in your head for this paradox. Build as much space for it as you can. Build even more space. You will need it. And then go deep within that space—as far in as you can possibly go—and make absolutely whatever you want to make. It's

Inspiration is allowed to do whatever it wants to, in fact, and it is never obliged to justify its motives to any of us.

I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was curious to see if I could convey my emotional experiences adequately on paper.

Só porque a criatividade é mística, não quer dizer que não deva ser desmistificada - especialmente se isso significa libertar os artistas das limitações de seus delírios de grandeza, de seu pânico e de seu ego.

the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me. Just say what you want to say, then, and say it with all your heart. Share whatever you are driven to share. If it's authentic enough, believe me—it will feel original. Motives

I pause here for a moment to explain exactly what I mean when I say that word, just so people can decide right away how offended they need to get.

There is a quiet glory [in] merely making things, and then sharing those things with an open heart and no expectations.

His face is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of kindness.

I think a creative life is the most marvelous life there is.

The thing about fashion, my dears, is that you don't need to follow it, no matter what they say. No fashion trend is compulsory, remember—and if you dress too much in the style of the moment, it makes you look like a nervous person.

He didn't so much teach them how to write poetry, they said, but why: because of delight. Because of stubborn gladness

I also want to live the most vividly decorated temporary life that I can. I don't just mean physically; I mean emotionally, spiritually, intellectually.

Your own reasons to create are reason enough.

you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.

creative living is a path for the brave. We

For one thing, it will freak people out. I believe that enjoying your work with all your heart is the only truly subversive position left to take as a creative person these days. It's such a gangster move, because hardly anybody ever dares to speak of creative enjoyment aloud, for fear of not being taken seriously as an artist. So say it. Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.

Your creative work is not your baby; if anything, you are its baby. Everything I have ever written has brought me into being. Every project has matured me in a different way. I am

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don't bring forth what is within you, what you don't bring forth will destroy you."—Gospel of Thomas.)

she would like to spend as much time as possible in such a state of transcendence while she is still here on earth. That's all. That's what I call creative living.

He told them that they must live their most creative lives as a means of fighting back against the ruthless furnace of this world.