Quotes about Individuality
It's not art for art's sake, it's art for my sake.
- DH Lawrence
Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.
- Gloria Steinem
I can't think of one great human being in the arts, or in history generally, who conformed, who succeeded, as education experts tell us children must succeed, with his peer group.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Art should never be popular.
- Oscar Wilde
Where there's liberty, art succeeds.
- Ronald Reagan
We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.
- Seth Godin
What thou art, that thou art.
- Thomas a Kempis
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.
- Washington Allston
Good artists exist simply in what they make and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.
- Oscar Wilde
Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes works of art enduring.
- Marty Rubin
There is a kind of intolerant spirit now abroad which arises out of the growing power of party and other machinery — a spirit which resents individual opinion, which clamours for uniformity and political Test Acts.
- Winston Churchill
I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.
- Clay Aiken