Quotes about Expression
If you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de plaisir; a decorative litt
- George Bernard Shaw
The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.
- GK Chesterton
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 believe that art has incredible power.
- Gloria Steinem
Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia.
- John Piper
There is a great amity between designing and art.
- Joseph Addison
Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.
- Joseph Brodsky
People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Art should communicate with as many people as possible.
- Madeleine L'Engle
If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.
- Madeleine L'Engle
All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.
- Mahatma Gandhi