“The man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”— Stella Adler, amazon.com
“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, t…”— William Lyon Phelps, en.wikipedia.org
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.”— Ludwig Bemelmans, massvacation.com
“Writing is a notoriously bad life decision if one has goals of security, but I guess that, in order to fly, you have to lose touch with the ground.”— Torre Deroche, fearfuladventurer.com
“I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the onl…”— James Joyce, amazon.com
“To be naked in the Earth / art / does not mean a body owes you anything / except itself as it is / as it moves through the Earth / art / flinching or free. Strong as violets / strong as life.”— Carrie Lorig, entropymag.org
“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”— Georges Braque, georgesbraque.org
“You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.”— Vivienne Westwood, thewwclub.com
“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.”— Jennifer Egan, amazon.com
“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”— Georges Braque, en.wikiquote.org
“She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com