Quotes About Introspection

Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.

The art of appreciation begins with self appreciation.

The artist always has been and still is a being somewhat apart from the rest of humanity.

I don't believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

I think art must be the place where you are protected from the logic of the outside world.

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

We do have to be a witness to our art.

Music is reflection of self.

Self-discovery is a very advanced art. What we're doing basically is screwing around with what you're made up of. We're taking awarenesses, feelings, ideas and impressions and changing them.

Art furnishes us with eyes and hands and above all the good conscience to be able to turn ourselves into such a phenomenon.

I don't see art as entertainment.

Every ist writes his own autobiography.

I believe only in art and failure.

I'm working in my mind.

We take our last look at the killing noise.

I didn't know the inner me was hungry," I said to Art. "That's because it already starved to death.

We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.

Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

Writing is the most solitary of arts.

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.

Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?

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

Poetry should only occupy the idle.