Emily Carr Quotes

Art is a self-replicating force.

Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

ART is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.

I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with it.

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument.

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.

I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.

Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it, it's fed. That is why beholding someone else's creative word, images, idea, fills us up, and inspires us to our own creative work. A single creative act has the potential to feed a continent. One creative act can cause a torrent to break through stone.

Art is a sense of magic.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

I just want to make good music. That's it. That's what I care about.

To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

I love what Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and Jesus all said - that love is really the driving principle of the creative act. In fact, they would say that great art is always inspired by love.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.

I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

I need art around me always.