“Art for the artist, is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.”— Franz Kafka, amazon.com
“The sentiments I now announce were not unknown before the expression of the voice which called me here.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com
“"A Line or two can give no great Offense, ‘Tho’void every thing that looks like Sense: For if you’re not inclined, you need not read them, But have my leave to burn them, with all Freedom. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“Glamour is an attitude—it’s the expression of a certain kind of confidence. A glamorous woman is always elegant, but she also possesses an air of mystery and excitement. She’s dramatic—almost untouchable.”— Ralph Lauren, global.ralphlauren.com
“The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another…and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.”— Leonard Bernstein, goodreads.com
“Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.”— Leonard Bernstein, goodreads.com
“Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.”— Stephen Sondheim, en.wikipedia.org
“I saw the charter as an expression of my long-held view that the subject of law must be the individual human being; the law must permit the individual to fulfil himself or herself to the utmost.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.”— Paul Gaugin, amazon.com
“Many people say that I don't know how to draw because I don't draw particular forms. When will they understand that execution, drawing and color (in other words, style) must be in harmony with the poem?”— Paul Gaugin, en.wikiquote.org
“The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.”— Akira Kurosawa, amazon.com
“When seen as a whole, art derives from a person’s desire to communicate himself to another. I do not believe in an art which is not forced into existence by a human being’s desire to open his heart. All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart’s blood. Art is your heart’s blood.”— Edvard Munch, en.wikiquote.org
“You probably never knew, but god damn girl, I had the biggest crush on you.”— Shane Koyczan, wordsnwolves.tumblr.com
“Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.”— Henri Matisse, en.wikiquote.org
“A picture must possess a real power to generate light.. ..for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.”— Henri Matisse, amazon.com
“An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythms, by effort that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.”— Henri Matisse, en.wikiquote.org
“Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality.”— Henri Matisse, en.wikiquote.org
“What I am after, above all, is expression. Sometimes it has been conceded that I have a certain technical ability but that, my ambition being limited, I am unable to proceed beyond a purely visual satisfaction such as can be procured from the mere sight of a picture. But the purpose of a painter mus…”— Henri Matisse, amazon.com
“Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by my figures, the empty space around them, the proportions, everything has its share. Composition is the art of arranging i…”— Henri Matisse, amazon.com