Artistic Expression Quotes

“I’ve been amazed as an adult that most people don’t have stories constantly playing in their minds.”
― Jack Borden

“As far as I know, every person has a dream. Every person is a born artist.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Deep inside, we are all artists who can't find the crayons that were given to us in playschool.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“A person’s work allows their character to form and provides a creative outlet for their inner world of imaginative thoughts and creative impulses. A person whom fails to find suitable work that allows their soul room to grow will quickly begin eroding into a withered and desiccated being.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“The true artist resides on the inside.
The outside is chaos, bondage and destruction.
The inside is peace, freedom, and creation.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Oneironaut’s Diary

“Be true to the artist in you and the art will be true to you.”
― Christina Strigas, A Book of Chrissyisms

“Everything of significance you need to know about an artist hides, in plain sight, in their work.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“You are the note that gives my heart rhythm and the brushstroke that finishes my painting.”
― Sushant Poudel

“If a dream were made of stone, it would be of the purest white marble”
― Robin Blair-Crawford

“Dreams are the clay through which we mold our art.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Oneironaut’s Diary

“Maybe anyone could be an artist, no matter what she did for a living, as long as she found a way to create beauty in her own life.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie

“Art supersedes knowledge written in books.
Art is the muse.
Art is magic settling upon your he[art] like dust.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Art is your thought leaping.
Art is your mind dancing.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“To create art is to dance to the tune of your he[art].”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Create art for art's sake, not for profit’s sake.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Show me how you portray nature, and I shall tell you who you are.”
― Oskar Schlemmer, The Letters and Diaries of Oskar Schlemmer

“The thing with amateur local theatre is, it is almost always bad BUT keeping it alive is the most important thing.

The joys of artistic expression cannot be limited to talented people. Everybody needs it to survive.”
― powerbottombrucespringsteen

“Your sensuality is not a perception or trend. It is an artistic expression of your soul’s core desire. It is your truest essence and beauty. Own it!”
― Lebo Grand

“Magic is real. It is artistic expression and creative endeavour.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“There are other sacred ordinances. When we think of them, we see communion, marriage, and baptism. Really, all three ordinances are theater pieces depicting God’s relationship with His beloved.”
― Laura Bartnick, BEING CREATIVE

“The arbitrary influences affecting artists' vocabularies are many, and not necessarily all beneficial. The limiting trends of the day, the biting criticism, or the instruction insistent upon getting us to conform against our temperament can affect the work in profound ways, sometimes stalling us for decades.”
― Kate Kretz, Art from Your Core: A Holistic Guide to Visual Voice

“Artistic "style" that does not evolve as a result of a natural process is the embodiment of "fake it till you make it," referring to the way something APPEARS, not the way that it IS. It's a veneer, a hollow afterthought technique hung on the artwork to dress it up... I prefer to think in terms of the artist's VOICE. Voice is deeper, manifested from the very core of your being. You earn it through research, experimentation, and discovery. It is a synthesis of the experiences, intellectual concepts, and aesthetic interests you possess, executed in your distinctive way, in the formal, emotional and intellectual language of your chosen medium. When successful, the realization of your voice follows the gestalt principle. The combination of your ideas and the work's physical embodiment is greater than the sum of its parts and distinguishes your outcome from everyone else's.”
― Kate Kretz, Art from Your Core: A Holistic Guide to Visual Voice

“Lifecast by Stewart Stafford

Lifecast
Be your play's lead actor,
Beware of its shooting star,
In drama's immortal mania,
Your reputation carries far.

Fish your dawn-gold phrases,
From out the impostor's throat,
Your tongue streaming candor,
Not stumbling forth by rote.

Let no Salieri hand,
Override your author's claim,
Even if remuneration's elusive,
You may still relish the acclaim.

© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Whatever passes our path is ours to use, to fold into a story decades later, to find some wisdom that surpasses time.”
― Laurie E. Smith

“The most selfish thing i have done is, poetry.”
― Yarro Rai, The Prose will be forgotten

“Pushing against,
Against the wall of material reality
Of creative limits.
Pushing against
The wall on which the canvas hangs,
Up against the wall of our senses. Our minds,
A spell cast in a brush stroke.”
― Laughing Lion Silly Monkie, Rewilding Hypergraphia

“کیا میں نے تو تیری تصویر کے ذریعہ مجھ سے بہت کچھ کہا ہے لاچی ، پھر تو سنتی کیوں نہیں ، کیا تو صرف اس میں اپنی شخصیت دیکھتی ہے اپنی صورت کا عکس، اپنے من کے خدو خال ، لیکن میری روح کا جمال مجھ سے کیوں پوشیدہ ہے۔ یہ میرے ترسے ہوئے برش کے رنگ انھوں نے تیری تصویر میں کتنی نادیدہ جسرتوں کے رنگ برنگے گلزا کھلا دیتے ہیں۔ اری تو کیسی لڑکی ہے ؟
میرے دل کا لہو بھی نہیں دیکھ سکتی ؟
اب میں تجھ سے کیا کہوں ؟
خوب چند خاموش نگاہوں سے لاچی کی تصویر کی طرف دیکھتا رہا اور کچھ نہ بولا. اس نے لاچی کے کسی سوال کا جواب نہ دیا۔
اس کے منہ سے ایک آہ تک نہ نکلی ۔ اس کی آنکھوں میں ایک آنسو تک نہ آیا ۔ بس وہ خاموشی سے مٹھیاں بھینچے ہختی سے ہونٹ بند کئے تصویر کے سامنے چپ چاپ کھڑا رہا. لاچی کیا ایک اس کے پاس آگئی ۔ اس نے خوب چند کے کندھے پر دھیرے سے اپنا ہاتھ رکھ دیا اور بہت سے مدھم اور سیٹی آواز میں بولی اگر میں گل سے پیار نہ کرتی تو تیری ہو جاتی سپری ٹان ! " خود چند یک بارگی چونگا۔ پھر اس کے ہاتھوں کی مٹھیاں تن گئیں ۔ اس کا سارا جسم طوفان میں لرزنے والے پتے کی طرح کا نیا اور کانپ کر ایکا ایک ساکت ہو گیا۔ گویا پتہ ڈال سے گھر گیا اور ہواؤں کے تھپیڑے کھاتا ہوا کہیں دور فضا میں کھو گیا ۔ موت کی وادیوں میں ہمیشہ کیلئے کھو گیا ۔”
― KRISHAN CHANDAR

“Have you prepared a candlelit table for dinner in a forest where twilight reigns? Some may call this dazzling table, elegantly lit, a fantasy or a madness, but you call it the magnificent touch of artistic mind to life!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“When I ache, when I'm tired or just lonely living in the town on my own, I know I have to keep on going. I walk into my theater and see my stage which still calls out to me and pleads with me, "Use me. Create for me." It's there ready to offer itself for more creatively [sic]. It is up to me to use it again. My theater says to me, "Take me. Do something with me. I'm ready for the challenge. Give me something to live for; something to look forward to.”
― Marta Becket, To Dance on Sands: The Life And Art of Death Valley's Marta Becket

“When visual imagery, the written word… that includes the lyrics in a song… vocalized words, storytelling and music are all combined, its ability to convey ideas & promote thought… is astounding”
― AshRawArt