Art Quotes

Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.

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"Art is about expressing what words cannot say."
Willie Nelson
"Playing the blues is like having to be re-incarnated."
B.B. King
"I never wanted to be famous; I just wanted to play music."
B.B. King
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"I'm a very emotional person and a very sentimental person."
Dolly Parton
"The stage is where I feel most at home."
Patsy Cline
"Good art comes from honesty, not perfection."
Patsy Cline
"The greatest performances come from the deepest pain."
Patsy Cline
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"You got to have feeling when you sing the blues, otherwise it don't mean nothing"
Howlin' Wolf
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"A good performance comes from the heart, not just the hands"
Howlin' Wolf
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"Every performance was a chance to touch someone's soul"
Howlin' Wolf
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"When you sing from your soul, people feel it in theirs"
Howlin' Wolf
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"Life's trials are just fuel for better art"
Howlin' Wolf
"Music has always been my way of connecting with the world."
Willie Nelson
"Music is the only thing that make sense to a troubled mind."
Muddy Waters
"The stage is where I feel most alive."
Muddy Waters
"The blues taught me that pain has beauty in it."
Muddy Waters
"A true musician's heart beats in rhythm with the world."
Muddy Waters
"The blues is poetry for people who feel too much."
Muddy Waters
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"People don't realize that living your life is an art."
Dolly Parton
"A song without music is just poetry, and not everyone appreciates that."
Johnny Cash
"A song that doesn't move you is just noise."
Johnny Cash
"I'm a bluesman living in America, and we are going to continue to make the music of America."
B.B. King
"The blues taught me that expressing your pain can be healing."
B.B. King
"I learned that technique without soul is just noise."
B.B. King
"Creating something beautiful is the closest thing to immortality."
Willie Nelson
"Art is the expression of the soul."
Eric Clapton
"Art connects us across all boundaries."
Eric Clapton
"Art is the best way to express the soul."
Carlos Santana
"Art is communication without words."
Carlos Santana
"Art is the voice of the soul speaking to others"
Johnny Cash