Quotes About Creativity

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

Dance is not an exercise. Dance is an art.

The purpose of truly transcendent art is to express something you are not yet, but something that you can become.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer.

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

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it.

Art has a will of its own. It has nothing to do with the taste of the moment or what's expected of you. That's a formula for dead art, or fashionable art.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.

Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance.

It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.

Art is violent. To be decisive is violent. ... To place a chair at a partial angle on the stage destroys every other possible choice, every other option.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Nowadays, with digital printing, it's so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what make a piece.