Quotes About Artistry

Johan Cruyff was the first player who understood that he was an artist, and the first who was able and willing to collectivise the art of sports.

But, kid, you can't color your world with Lonnie's crayons, if you know what I mean. Especially when he's only using one color.

Our poems are what the gods couldn't make without going through us.

Will you write?" I asked. "Probably not. The pen is a demanding mistress. I take delight in thwarting her expectations.

But then there are the van Goghs and Hemingways and Mozarts, those who feel a hunger so deep, so far down, that greatness lies there too, nestled somewhere within it. Those who get their inner voice and direction from the cool mysterious insides of the moon, and not from the earth like the rest of us.

Write the story. Don't write sentences.

The muse is the mystic force, but you are the master.

You paint the picture of your surroundings. Paint it beautifully.

I can't sew, but I can spin one helluva yarn.

I think every writer has a little freak in 'em.

The key is in the craft.

I write because I know magic happens

Creativity is the mother of invention.

Life is a creation, not a discovery

Creativity leads others to where I lead you, to an unseen beauty, so ineffable its very beauty destroys itself...

We are artists. When we can't find the beauty, we create it.

Art is an expression of inner beauty.

Your life is your canvas. You are responsible for the beauty of your art.

There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it.

A very fine artist can take something quite ordinary and, through sheer artistry and willpower, turn it into a work of art.

All art is a form of vulnerability because at least part of the artist goes into the piece.

Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?

Imagination is what you do with your inspiration.

To my fellow authors heed these words with much importance, " It is redundant for a true writer to sell their soul for literary fame, since the soul is a writer's inner voice...