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Quotes About Joy

The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.
~ William Wordsworth
To me, art supplies are always okay to buy.
~ Louis C. K.
The roots of art and play lie very close together.
~ Angus Wilson
It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
It's a divine art to be cheerful.
~ Meher Baba
ALWAYS PRACTICE the Art of Peace in a vibrant and joyful manner.
~ Morihei Ueshiba
Colors are light's suffering and joy
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Art is a place where you can be wild. Kids-all of us-need that.
~ Helen Hunt
The true masters of the art of living are already happy.
~ Jean Anouilh
Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.
~ Lin Yutang
I serve with my art and creativity. That makes me most happy.
~ Misty Upham
To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.
~ Philip Kaufman
What I say is that we're capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
~ Agnes Martin
My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She'd buy art supplies and all of us would sit around painting. I was lucky.
~ Cher
Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say that I've been lucky in that I'm amused by what I do - sufficiently amused.
~ Clive James
Some people get lots of pleasure; From books or from music or art; But boys seem to think it's fantastic; To just have a really good fart.
~ Giles Andreae
And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.
~ Graeme Murphy
A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.
~ Henri Matisse
Pan, who and what art thou?" he cried huskily. "I'm youth, I'm joy," Peter answered at a venture, "I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
~ James M. Barrie
Pain is not a conduit to art or joy
~ Jay Maisel
Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.
~ John Milton
I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."
~ Jon Gordon
When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.
~ Joni Mitchell
Obviously, there is pleasure in the execution of any sort of art, and using language, as Nabokov felt also, is an exquisite process.
~ Joyce Carol Oates