It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again.

What modern art required was an imagination drawn to possibilities, rather than braced by smug presumptions.

This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.

IT'S NOT THE HONEY WHISKEY IN A FRIDAY NIGHT - IT'S THE MANIC SHOW OF POETRY TWEETS THAT TURNS ME ON.

The self is also a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist.

I never play characters that are like me because I m a boring person Oscar winner on her sudden rise to fame

When something comes from within, when it is a part of you, you have no choice but to live it, to express it.

The red carpet feels like a war zone except you cannot fly or fight; you just have to stand there and take it

The heart of [J.G.] Ballard's vision [is] the object at odds with its function and abandoned by its time.

Half of all the great art and literature in existence went unrecognised during the lifetimes of its creators.

I’ll probably paint on this piano after I compose, for that will inspire me to make more awesome works.

If you wish to make good art, then you must believe you already do. Otherwise, you will never be good enough.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his [sic!] time but most people are far behind theirs.

The barriers are not erected which can say to [aspiring] talents and industry, “Thus far and no farther.

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values....