Quotes About Individuality

Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.

I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.

The artist always has been and still is a being somewhat apart from the rest of humanity.

I don't believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.

Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful.

You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.

When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.

You are the artist and the art.

I buy some art but I don't like to talk about it.

When it comes to art you can't please everybody but if you please yourself then take pleasure in that.

It's not art for art's sake, it's art for my sake.

If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.

If you're making art, you are not separate from your brand.

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

Ideally, each piece of art's its own unique object, and its evaluation's always present-tense.

For many years it was difficult for me to paint because I didn't feel the informal painting that was then tyrannically dominating painters and art collectors.

Writingis an art; and artistsare human beings. As a human being stands, so a human being is

Art should never try to be popular.

Music is reflection of self.

I think that, like any art, fashion is about expression. It allows you to express yourself and your identity through what you choose to wear.

Art has more ego to it than what I do.

Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.