Quotes about Artistry
If art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness.
— John Lennon
A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
— Ted Dekker
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
— Duke Ellington
The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.
— Jennifer Lopez
Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.
— Seth Godin
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
— John Lennon
From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.
— George Bernard Shaw
My friends joke that I'm dead until I get onstage. I'm dead right now as you're speaking to me.
— Lady Gaga
Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.
— Nikki Giovanni
They never raised a statue to a critic.
— Martha Graham