Quotes about artists-quotes

There are Tantrics who deliberately break taboos and social norms and then there are other Tantrics who, by means of their practices and the way that they practice, that to society in general, it may have the appearance of breaking social norms but in fact that is just the manifestation of the progress of their practice.

I have a transgressive spirit, and Pop is transgression's best friend.

I love widely and deeply, the Naive sense of Primitivism I manage to project in my Art. It always gives me a sense that it is not developed or derived from anything else, and it is unaffected by objective reasoning. Very similar to my nomadic life.

The mind of an artist never sleeps, because dreaming is when they do their best work.

I might act like a rhinoceros, but I'm a unicorn.

Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.

When I was young and I was forced to watch Disney films, I would fast forward the good guys, wasn't interested in princes and princesses, only by the villains.

When one's craft is rooted in strong relationship, he or she lures the into becoming a part of the show.

Don't breathe to survive dance and feel alive.

Flying is not only the art of the birds, but it is also the art of the artists!

The suprematist must have a superior knowledge of understanding. With out that, their art is powerless

I'm a Joker. Dangerous and silly at the same time.

I look for ambiguity because life is ambiguous!

I paint the stuff I see when my eyes are closed

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or you

I have a tendency to break rules and shake things up. I would say that with me people never know what is real and what is fiction. And I like that because reality is relative.

I am an artist. Any artist knows that their creations, their pieces must express an array of human emotion and experience. From the juvenile and innocent, to the erotic and the dangerous, and everything in between. Because Life is all of these things and more. It is the artist's divine purpose to reflect what Experience has shown them and others. What truly sets us apart from each other is whether or not we truly know ourselves enough to reflect objectively; but, through our own unique 'voice'.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

Great people never sleep because their dreams keep them awake and striving.

Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.

The uniqueness of different colours represents the uniqueness of individuals!

An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a dissatisfaction that keeps one a step away from sliding into mediocrity.

If it can happen in your mind, it can happen in your camera

Its not enough to just own a camera. Everyone owns a camera. To be a photographer you must understand, appreciate and harness the power you hold!

Having a camera is not enough. You must understand, appreciate, and harness the power you hold!

When your heart jumps every time your camera locks focus...You've become a photographer.

We might respect a serious person with an austere and rigid personality, but we adore merry, kindhearted, and artistic people.

When I feel too much and the universe aches inside of me.

Without passion, the earth will be full of hollow bodies devoid of love, relationship, religion, art, science and technology

Being totally inclusive is essential for the outcome to possess any true value

It is not about the glory of the human form more about being human.

If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.

Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.

If you’re to choose to paint your life today... What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.

Art is the medicine for the soul.

I hope to depart in no other way than looking back with love and wistfulness and thinking, oh paintings that I would have made..

This is what the great artists manage. They flatter us, by observing better than others and then speaking to each of us as individuals and in a language that we worry we may be the only ones left caring for.

Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people a melody of rudimentary experiences and respond to a stabilizing tune strung together with a shared ethos. We walk in parallel strides with our brethren seeking out equivalent affirmations of our being. We long to shout out to the world that we once walked this earth; we seek to leave in our wake traces of our pithy habitation. Our unfilled longing pr

I am an art work in constant progress; I am my own canvas, my own colors, my own brushes and my own inspiration.

Art fuels the fire inside me.

All great talents are never found in rich exquisite locales with perfect setting that enhance their creative works, but on the contrary are found in the most obnoxious circumstances yet are unaffected by them and create masterpieces at the most unpredictable situations, just like a lotus flower blossoming in a muddy pond!

If you're to explain your works, then surely you have chosen wrong audience!

If both the performer and audience are on the same plane then it's not ART but SCIENCE, for ART is a personal expression that varies from one individual to another, while SCIENCE commands uniformity & certainty! What are YOU?

Communication is not using beautiful and complex words to impress, but its all about expressing our truest emotions using simple words!

LABOUR is effort, while ART is effortless! What are you?

An artist is one who has mastered the art of dissolving himself so completely that only his work remains!

An artist adopts a radically different view regarding the importance of time than a businessperson does. Instead of perceiving time as a merchantable facet doled out incrementally according to marketplace demands, an artist portrays time as an agent of destruction. The irrevocability of time frames the human condition. Time might the medium of all human experience, but its passage obscures and eventually obliterates all human endeavors. Time unchecked leads to a blank slate of nothingness. Time’

Some art are meant to cut shortstretching them unnecessary makes it dull.

An artist is like a handicaphe needs his art to carry himself.

Choose only one master — Nature.

All my images are self-portraits, even when I'm not in them.

Pop is about speaking everybody's language. The imagery and iconography we instantly recognize. When you can rely on things that the public already knows, you're dealing with Pop.

That kind of pursuit is not beneficial to mankind: art for self aggrandizement at the cost of love.

All forms of art are parallel expressions. Writing is not unlike painting or other artistic endeavors. Each artistic endeavor is an expression of the mystery of the world. The job of the artist is to deepen that mystery, express reverence for the mystery of life, and explore the enigmatic aspects of human nature.

I can certainly identify with The Villain. A Villain is someone who has a past, who is strongly opinionated, fearless, doesn't get intimated by anything, and went beyond suffering. It's an empowerment figure.

Sometimes people can be negative, especially about my confidence. I trust myself, I refuse to obey, and I noticed there is a need to punish me for it. But haters are important because they show you you're doing something right. I'm scared of unanimity, artists who everybody likes. When you speak your mind and you're loud, you will attract negativity. But I have thick skin, I think the fact that I was severely bullied in my childhood helped me build strength and believe in my artistic vision. I d

Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.

I'm like a circus standing on two legs.

I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.

I'm a Baroque person. More than Baroque, I'm a Rococo person. I don't draw straight lines.

I think we live in a time where artists are very tidy and afraid of what others might think. They hesitate in expressing their views and opinions. So being original is rare. For me, it's about living the life you create for yourself, to create your kingdom. I think we should work on being our unique selves and becoming our greatest versions. I like to remind people to take the power to live their life the way they wish.

I had artistic classical training, and when you learn the classics for so many years, you might gain audacity, power and confidence to subvert everything. I am like the originals buffoons. I love the rules because I can break them.

For me, every week is a fashion week.

My childhood was a drag show!

A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.

... she wore a masterpiece smile with smudges of paint and graphite across her cheek, and her eyes were a Jackson Pollock painting.

Not only the artist watches his art with admiration but his art also watches his artist with admiration!

The priceless gifts (life, love, joy, goodness, family, nature) are freely given by the Creator.

Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.

One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of destinies.

Make dance the mission every moment seeks to accomplish.

Life is an affair of mystery; shared with companions of music, dance and poetry.

Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.

Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.

Dance to inspire, dance to freedom, life is about experiences so dance and let yourself become free.

Dance is the ritual of immortality.

If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.

DANCE – Defeat All Negativity (via) Creative Expression.

She who is a dancer can only sway the silk of her hair like the summer breeze.

Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.

Dance is that delicacy of life radiating every particle of our existence with happiness.

Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance shoes, when you arrive at the stage and with every step you take beneath your feet heaven moves. That is the power of dance.

The courage to dream, the courage to act.

O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.

O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being becomes dance.

If spirit is the seed, dance is the water of its evolution.

When a dancer performs, melody transforms into a carriage, expressions turn into fuel and spirit experiences a journey to a world where passion attains fulfillment.

Limit not to only five, when the divine gifts the supreme sixth; the sense of dance

Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.

My collage opens my heart to endless joy. I am an artist!

Spirit is a child, the tune of dancing feet its lullaby.

Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.

Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.

Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.

art is risk made visible