Art Quotes

"The artist who creates without passion creates only empty forms."

"The artist paints with the colors of their soul."

"The key to good writing is knowing when to delete. Sometimes less is more."

"The only honest art form is laughter, because you can't fake it."

"The sick comic talks about sickness; that's what comedy is."

"The role of the artist is to challenge the comfortable and comfort the challenged."

"The sicker the society, the sicker the comic needs to be."

"Comedy should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

"The greatest art is dangerous because it tells the truth."

"Art without risk is just decoration."

"Art is the evidence that civilization hasn't given up."

"Art is how we make sense of the senseless."

"I think what's happening is a lot of designers have lost faith in the real world."

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

"Comedians are observers. We're not really trapped in the body; we're trapped in our observations of it."

"Art imitates life, but sometimes life needs better writers."

"Chicago gave me confidence as a performer."

"I think a lot of comedy comes from a place of pain."

"Art is a way to express yourself."

"Comedy needs to be smart and funny."

"Creating art is therapeutic."

"Art is supposed to make you feel something."

"Comedy is acting. It's just different timing."

"When you create, you're left with the tangible expression of your love."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

"The role of comedy is to puncture pretense and expose hypocrisy."

"Art is the most honest thing we can do."

"The role of an artist is to make us uncomfortable."

"The thing about comedy is that it lets you say things that people are thinking but won't say out loud."