Art Quotes

"There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues." "The final end of every human undertaking, whether in science, art, or religion, is the human realization of the identity between the knower and the known, the seer and the seen, the experiencer and the experienced." "Some people have lives some people have music" "Everybody thinks we're so bad because of the violence but our lyrics are about speaking the truth" "Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover" "Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread " "To make words sing, a poet must have music in his soul." "No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger." "Writing is a struggle against silence." "Art is an escape from reality." "Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea." "The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important." "I think audiences expect something a little different from movies than they do from other art forms" "Fashion breaks my heart" "We want as many different things in as many different fields to be beautiful as possible" "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home" "Too much caution is bad in life as it is in the long run in art" "Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture." "One of the exciting things about being an artist is that you’re able to invent new ways to tell stories that haven’t been told in that way before" "I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize."