Quotes About Art

Most cowgirls are natural storytellers, their art honed by years of practice. . . . It serves as entertainment; it also preserves the humor and value of a unique way of life.

True poets might not so much sing about their love as love in order to sing.

Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we?

Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul — and you answer.

Writer's block is a disease for which there is no cure, only respite.

Art is the struggle to understand.

Ink to paper is thoughtful Ink to flesh, hard-core. If Shakespeare were a tattooist We'd appreciate body art more.

Ink smears, as thoughts sometimes do.

Poetry is not always words.

A man and his art are like a fool and his king.

My life's entwined by curly quote marks Clever phrases and profound remarks....

If I fall asleep with a pen in my hand, don't remove it — I might be writing in my dreams.

Journal: fitting your heart and soul into ruled lines.

Grammar stops at love, and at art.

My childhood smells like a box of Crayola crayons.

A sold poem loses half its meaning.

Ink surrounds me all the time On my bed sheets, recorded in rhyme Quills 'ever scribbling in my head Sometimes damnit I forget what they said. Ink has settled into my fingerprints But to keep the words I fear to rinse...

If one looks closely enough, one can see angels in every piece of art.

An artist must be careful not to throw his ideas out with the trash.

To me, novels are just quotations with a bunch of filler.

When painting, an artist must take care not to trap his soul in the canvas.

Although I've written a few (a very few) poems over the years, I am not a natural poet...and I remain in awe of people who are. The ability to evoke deep emotion, reveal a new facet of the world, or condense an entire story into the limited space and form of a poem (or likewise, of a good song lyric, or the text for a children's picture book) seems like pure magic to me.

I only laid the cobbles for the streets of Bordertown; it took all of us, an entire community, to bring the city to life. And that's as it should be. Community, friendship, art: stirred together, they make a powerful magic. Used wisely, it can save your life. I know that it saved mine.