Quotes About Self-expression

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.

All art is autobiographical. You can only create what you are.

I wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs.

Fashion is every woman's language, and every woman's tool. Fashion is anatomy for me, creating your second skin is one of the most intimate art forms I can think of.

I never really consider myself as a great artist. I just always like to draw.

I want to be free... free to develop my art.

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

I paint for myself. I don't know how to do anything else, anyway. Also I have to earn my living, and occupy myself.

The art of dressing is the art we all practice

The way I look is part of it. It sounds affected but I do see myself as a piece of living art.

It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.

In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.

Art is the free expression of the artist and they tried to stop us from expressing ourselves, our art.

Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.

I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist", which is true.

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing.

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

I like to dress up but I'm not so concerned with looking very sexy, it's really more the art of dressing.

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.

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

You are the artist and the art.

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