Marge Piercy Quotes

You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

Art is both creation and recreation.

For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.

I write what I see; I paint what I am.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Making art is different for everyone.

Art is an investigation.

To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist.

I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

I can concentrate on my art.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art is the skin of the soul.

I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

Get into your own creativity. Sketch and paint with different mediums and follow your heart.

Life and art are inseparable.

Art brings to life things that can seemingly be dead, and can put a fresh perspective on things that are living. It's so important we keep creating.

I made all sorts of things: drawings, sculptures - I was doing origami before I even knew the word. I was constantly creating.