Quotes About Emotion

The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.

Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.

There is no art without Eros.

Works of art are landscapes of the mind.

Did you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real?

It's a new art form, showing people how little we care.

Art makes us feel less alone. It makes us think: somebody else has thought this, somebody else has had these feelings.

Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.

Art seems to me to be above all a state of soul.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

Art is supposed to punch you in the brain, and it's supposed to stay punched.

Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.

Painting is by nature a luminous language.

There is no art without a poetic aim.

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.