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Quotes About Individuality

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.
~ Maria Montessori
Anything can be art. Anything can be self-expression . Now you take the weapon and run with it.
~ Gerard Way
You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it
~ Faith Ringgold
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
~ Jackson Pollock
The function of art is to struggle against obligation.
~ Amedeo Modigliani
Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.
~ John Dewey
Art is coming face to face with yourself.
~ Jackson Pollock
Express yourself through your art - whether it's your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.
~ Kat Von D
It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in.
~ Lauryn Hill
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
~ Hedy Lamarr
Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.
~ Rei Kawakubo
I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
~ Barnett Newman
Evanescence fans aren't the popular kids in school. They aren't the cheerleaders. It's the art kids and the nerds and the kids who grow up to be the most interesting creative people.
~ Amy Lee
Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.
~ Georges Seurat
To be an artist, you have to nurture the things that most people discard.
~ Richard Avedon
Art is whatever makes you proud to be human.
~ Unknown
If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.
~ Mary Cassatt
Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!
~ Camille Paglia
More of me comes out when I improvise.
~ Edward Hopper
When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.
~ Tracey Emin
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
~ Marcel Duchamp
There's some people who are not understanding what Limp Bizkit is about. But, then again, who am I to tell people what they can use art for or how they can interpret it?
~ Fred Durst
Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts.
~ Fannie Farmer