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Many artists, when they are creating art, are searching for a vehicle that can manifest a feeling they have inside of themselves.

Quotes by Cai Guo-Qiang

Through art, through people working together and building relationships and trust, people can overcome the problems of politics.

Quotes by Cai Guo-Qiang

Art should not be a tool of politics, but sometimes art can help make the political climate more open and help society become more free.

Quotes by Cai Guo-Qiang

In my own art, I try to use my personal voice and effort to enable some Chinese people to see the possibilities of another kind of China. A more open China.

Quotes by Cai Guo-Qiang

For my art, there is a common theme most of the time: it is using the things we can see to search for the world we cannot see.

Quotes by Cai Guo-Qiang

The role of art in society is not to resolve conflicts; rather, it is to express these conflicts and antagonisms.

Quotes by Cai Guo-Qiang

Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.

Quotes by Caio Fonseca

I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.

Quotes by Caio Fonseca

The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.

Quotes by Caio Fonseca

When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up....

Quotes by Caio Fonseca

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

Quotes by C. J. Cherryh

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

C.S. Lewis

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of...

C.S. Lewis

Playing live is really the art form. You're a lot freer, a lot looser. You've got people there that can give you feedback, and then you can play off of that. There's so much more energy.

Quotes by Butch Trucks

Charlie Parker and Art Tatum to me were genius, and I'm right below that. I did, in my own way, do something different on the instrument, and that's the way I'd like to be remembered.

Quotes by Buddy DeFranco

The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.

Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters.

Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

The art of the three-minute song is more like journalism than writing a big 400-page book. You want to be brief, you want to make sense right yen and there. And sometimes that takes a bit of work.

Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Art is a way of life.

Quotes by Bryce Dessner

Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.

Quotes by Bubba Sparxxx

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives on art are covered in this collection?
A few distinct takes - being an artist "to the core" with a goal of elevating humanity, art shaping personal character, and two versions of the idea that film "is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" and should be watched straight on.
Is there a quote about art and personal identity?
Yes, two of them. One speaker calls themselves "an artist to the core," aiming to elevate humanity through their art. Another says their art has had a strong influence on the kind of person they are. For more on personal growth, see the Life page.
Is there a quote specifically about film as art?
Yes - in fact there are two closely related versions of the same idea, both arguing that film "is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" and should be looked at straight on rather than over-analyzed.
Is there anything here about art's broader purpose or ambition?
Yes, one quote frames the speaker's whole objective as using their talents "to elevate humanity through my art" - a big-picture statement about art's purpose. For more ambitious, purpose-driven quotes, check out the Great page.
Where can I read more about how art is perceived or valued?
For a closer look at how art and status intersect, see the Status page. For more general uplifting quotes, the Good page is also worth browsing.

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