Art Quotes

"An artist is a creature driven by demons."

"A writer is more apt to be injured by praise than by criticism."

"To understand man, you must study his art."

"Art is not a separate thing from life."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"Art should express the joys and struggles of all people."

"I learned from the blues that sorrow can be transformed into art."

"I write for those who cannot write for themselves."

"Art is the voice of the voiceless."

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

"Writing is architecture, not interior decoration."

"Everything is the thing you cannot do, as a writer."

"The test of a writer is not how much he can write, but how selectively he can write."

"Art is not a mirror held up to life, but a hammer with which to shape it."

"The dance is the mother of the arts."

"The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see."

"The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but rather the reality of the thing."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment and the desire for truth."

"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."

"Creative art should build up instead of tearing down."

"The artist is the lover of nature; therefore he is her slave and her master."

"The feeling that any book gives to the reader is the true test of literature."

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

"The man who writes about himself without rebelling against himself is no artist."

"A true master of his craft uses the fewest words to create the greatest impact."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to expose, but to express his feelings."

"All art is memory, all memory is art."

"The exquisite consonance of a great room."

"The face is a stupid place to paint."