Quotes about Inspiration
Where there's liberty, art succeeds.
— Ronald Reagan
The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.
— Samuel Johnson
I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet.
— Seth Godin
We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.
— Seth Godin
There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being more about the art than the Artist who gave us this gift.
— Steven Curtis Chapman
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.
— Washington Allston
Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Good artists exist simply in what they make and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.
— Oscar Wilde
One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes works of art enduring.
— Marty Rubin
Creativity takes courage.
— Henri Matisse
A blank canvas is a playground for the imagination.
— Marty Rubin