Art Quotes

"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind"

"I believe in the holy ecstasy of poetry"

"The only thing I'm worth is my poetry"

"Art imitates life"

"Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, whatever, not to get ahead but to get happy."

"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable."

"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."

"I have nothing to say and I'm saying it."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"Art is the mirror of society."

"The true artist transcends craft."

"The most horrific act is the act of creation."

"Art is what allows us to transcend the sordid."

"Artistic integrity is more important than commercial success."

"The best artist is the one who feels most."

"The artist must be willing to fail repeatedly in order to succeed once."

"Art is rebellion against the world as it is; it insists on what could be."

"The greatest work of art is the life you construct from raw materials."

"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."

"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind"

"The beauty of form is in what it takes to make it"

"Art is the lie that allows us to see the truth"

"Writing is about seeing through surfaces into depths."

"Art is the only honest profession."

"The function of art is the extension of consciousness."

"No ideas but in things."

"A poem is a made thing."

"A great prose sentence is like a wonderful tennis stroke."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Art transcends all boundaries."