“Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death — this infantile fixation of mine — was, at that moment, overwhelming. I felt myself in contact with death day and night, and my fear was tremendous. When I finished the picture, my fear went away. I have the feeling simply of having p…”— Ingmar Bergman, en.wikiquote.org
“The ability to create was a gift. In such a world flourished invulnerable assurance and natural humility. Today the individual has become the highest form and the greatest bane of artistic creation.”— Ingmar Bergman, amazon.com
“I would say that there is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect.”— Ingmar Bergman, amazon.com
“I hate flowers — I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move!”— Georgia O’Keeffe, amazon.com
“I thought you could write something about me that men can't – What I want written – I do not know – I have no definite idea of what it should be. – but a woman who has lived many things and who sees lines and colors as an expression of living – might say something that a man can't – I feel there is…”— Georgia O’Keeffe, en.wikiquote.org
“I have things in my head that are not like what anyone taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me, so natural to my way of being and thinking.”— Georgia O’Keeffe, goodreads.com
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.”— Georgia O’Keeffe, goodreads.com
“Every creative act, no matter how small, is a triumph over death and despair.”— Michael Lipsey, stoicmike.tumblr.com
“The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters. Creation is all.”— Pablo Picasso, amazon.com
“As as an artist, it's never really enough. You always wanna strive to get bigger and better and push the limits of what you can actually do.”— Post Malone, billboard.com
“Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a…”— James Dean, wordsfortheyear.com
“I think of how, in Czech, 'to paint' and 'to love' are only one vowel away: malovat; milovat. The salution alone is written. I paint you, I paint you, I paint you.”— Emily Wilson, thebohemyth.com
“You're my funny valentine, Sweet comic valentine, You make me smile with my heart. Your looks are laughable, un-photographable, Yet, you're my favorite work of art.”— Ella Fitzgerald, open.spotify.com
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com