Art Quotes

"Genuine emotion is dynamic, not static."

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

"The progress of an artist is a continual sacrifice of all that is provincial in his being."

"The infinite serenity of the aesthetic point of view."

"The object of art is not to make saleable pictures. It is to save yourself."

"Art comes from pain and struggle, not from comfort."

"Art is the language of the soul."

"The natural object is always the adequate symbol."

"I have tried to write Paradise, do not move. Let the wind speak that is the proper decoration."

"The poet is a light and winged and holy thing."

"Artists are the antennae of the race."

"Technique is the test of sincerity."

"The artist works with symbols."

"The poet must have eyes to see and ears to hear."

"The meaning of form is the meaning of its tradition."

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion but an escape from it."

"The form cannot be separated from the content."

"The rhythm of art is the rhythm of life itself."

"The purpose of art is to transcend the mundane."

"Art is the one truth that matters in an uncertain world."

"The primary goal of any writer should be to touch the conscience of mankind."

"Every artist is a messenger for humanity's better angels."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a longing."

"The first line of a good poem will want to be its own reward."

"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."

"Every poem is an event in itself."

"Art is the effort to make the impossible possible."

"I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear readers, are an afterthought."

"The difference between me and the surrealists is that I am a surrealist."

"No artist needs criticism, he only needs appreciation. If he needs criticism he is no artist."