Quotes About Freedom

The aim of art is to create space.

The Art of Being: A state of wholeness in which the mind functions freely and easily, without the sensation of a second mind or ego standing over it with a club.

The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.

Dance is the stepchild of the arts.

I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.

Art is the escape from personality.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

There are some things which cannot be learned, though they can be studied. Among them are the laws of art—and the lawlessness of it, as well.

I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

There is no color line in art.

Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.

Everything is permitted, everything is allowed, and all our Gods we have outwitted, we are running with the crowd.

I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.

I like druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains. I like their lack of training, their primitive technique. I think it hurts you, when you stay too long in school.

My art side is free and there are no strings attached.

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

I believe that working independently will give artists the ability to communicate the full extent of their art and not just a piece of it that might sell.

When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.

Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.