Quotes About Imagination

Art arises from the interaction of the mind and the heart.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see.

The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.

Creativity is the art of the impossible

Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.

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.

Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?

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

Color and I are one. I am a painter.

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.

The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.

My work is all about creating new paths for thinking about the possibilities inherent in all art; another world is possible!

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.

First I have a think, and then I put a line around it.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored.

Art makes something a lot more visible or audible.

Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.