Quotes About Joy

Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.

Art is not only about angst.

Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

Art doesn't have to do anything. It just has to be there for the fierce pleasure we take in doing it.

Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

Through play, we renew contact with childhood – My art is childlike.

Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.

Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment

Art is a form of play rejoicing before the face of God.

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

Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call thee friend who art my lord.

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a mouse waltzes.

There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.

I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it.

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives

The process of art-making is full of happy accidents - what fun!

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The Art of Fulfillment is the ability to experience not only the thrill of the chase, but also the magic of the moment, the unbridled joy of feeling truly alive.