Quotes about Expression
Men had sought beauty in many forms—in sequences of sound, in lines upon paper, in surfaces of stone, in the movements of the human body, in colours ranged through space.
— Arthur C. Clarke
He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
It is not easy to express the inexpressible
— Arthur Conan Doyle
For the love of his art
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The lyrical author is only concerned with his production, enjoys the pleasure of producing, often perhaps only after pain and effort; but he has nothing to do with others, he does not write in order that: in order to enlighten men or in order to help them along the right road, in order to bring about something; in short he does not write in order that.
— Soren Kierkegaard
By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.
— Henri Nouwen
His friends said, "Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there?" and Bull said, "I like it because it's ugly." All his life was in that line.
— Jack Kerouac
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture
— Paulo Coelho
Your actions speak so loudly, I cannot hear what you are saying.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties.
— John Milton
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.
— John Milton
He knew himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
— John Milton