Quotes About Creativity

. . . rock and roll, as I see it, is the ultimate populist art form, democracy in action, because it's true: anybody can do it.

For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to fall: The order of the phrases makes no difference at all.

The artist is justified by his art.

Art must not stop at the level of pleasing eyes.

As an artist, it's been clear that the price of art has nothing to do with you, it has to do with an idea of what the market will tolerate.

Hair is just one way of expressing ourselves. We express ourselves through how we dress or through tattoos or body art or piercings or cosmetic surgery.

Immature ists imitate. Mature ists steal.

I do think that it is one of the eternal questions about art, though - is all art intrinsically selfish?

Timing has a lot to with art.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books.

Poetry should only occupy the idle.

I can concentrate on my art.

Stand-up is probably the most solo performance in art.

My wife and I are art collectors and architectural crazies.

True revolutions in art restore more than they destroy.

All art, in spite of the struggles of some critics to prove otherwise, is based on emotion and projects emotion.

When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive.

Offer your art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.

Japanimation is a whole different art form.

What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.

My guitar player calls the process of writing lyrics based on another story, "filling up the well" when you can get inspiration from other people's art without stealing, more being influenced by it.

Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.

I went to a private school in Singapore and they had an incredible arts program. Every day I was doing something artistic.