Quotes About Inspiration

I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it's one small piece of art.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.

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

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

When artists give form to revelation, their art can advance, deepen and potentially transform the consciousness of their community.

The end of lower art is to please, the end of average art is to raise the top, the end of superior art is to free.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it.

Art = a mad search for individualism.

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.

I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with it.

People have experiences in art museums today that they used to have in church.

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirts.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

I paint what I think, not what I see.

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

Teaching is a performance art.