Quotes About Freedom

I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I think you can.

To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say.

For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.

Anything can be art. Anything can be self-expression . Now you take the weapon and run with it.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

The function of art is to struggle against obligation.

When one is painting one does not think.

Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.

That is what art is at the end of the day: It's an escapism that we all crave.

Express yourself through your art - whether it's your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.

Art is not only about angst.

If you subtracted all of the great artists who never drank, who never went to excess, you wouldn't have any more art left. What kind of poem are you gonna get out of a glass of iced tea?

Art is the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth.

The camera basically is a license to explore.

Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!

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

In art we are once again able to do all the things we have forgotten; we are able to walk on water; we speak to the angels who call us; we move, unfettered, among the stars.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.

Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity toward a conclusion that isn't prescribed by a particular method.

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.