Quotes about Expression
I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting.
— John Piper
Work is love made visable.
— Khalil Gibran
Contemplating a purported work of art is a social activity. Either you have a rewarding time, or you don't. You don't have to say why afterward. You don't have to say anything.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist and says, "Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me."
— Madeleine L'Engle
the artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. When you choose to love, you choose to work miracles.
— Marianne Williamson
Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love in service to mankind.
— Marianne Williamson
Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.
— Marina Abramovic
Documentation is misleading, because the performance is dead. So the very early works were not documented at all.
— Marina Abramovic
I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time I think that a writer cannot write out of nothing.
— Paulo Coelho
Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.
— Oprah Winfrey
In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.
— Oscar Wilde