Art Quotes - Page 257

Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to be noticed for the way you turn a phrase. You have a very important job--one of the most important. Your job is to let people know that everyone shares their feelings--and that these feelings bind us. Your job is a healing art, and like all healers, you have a responsibility. Let people know they are not alone. You must make people understand that we are all the same.

The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.

The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe. Every person, every set of eyes, has the right to the truth.

Jesus had a humble heart. If He abides in us, pride will never dominate our lives.

You should make photographs with your heart, mind, eye & soul. The capture device is simply there to allow you to transfer your vision to a medium that you can share with others.

It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.

Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.

The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.

But I really resist categories – that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art – those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.

Sustainability is treating ourselves and our environment as if we are to live on this earth forever.

Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it serves as a check on our judgements, tries out our new ideas, keeps up our ardor, and inflames our enthusiasm.

The secret of art is love.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.

The NAA way is to operate from a servant's heart, and service will be returned to you exponentially.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.

Wine ...moderately drunken it doth quicken a man's wits, It doth comfort the heart.

Within walking distance of any spot on Earth there's probably more than enough mystery to investigate in a lifetime.

At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us.

Mother-love is not inevitable. The good mother is a great artist ever creating beauty out of chaos

My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a multitude of reasons both professional and personal I no longer feel that this is possible within [Crystal Castles]. Although this is the end of the band, I hope my fans will embrace me as a solo artist in the same way they have embraced Crystal Castles.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.