Max Jacob 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.

Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

Make good art.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

I enjoyed art in school. I've always done little drawings and stuff like that. I don't really know what I'm doing with the painting, but I experiment.

Designing was an effortless exercise and something I always enjoyed.

We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.

Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

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

While drawing, I discover what I really want to say.

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

I would advise puppeteering for any artist. It's a way to break down pretensions. It's a sculpture that can talk. It's a painting that can talk. And it's pure play. I think every artist needs to stay in touch with the idea of playing. The artist should always be playing, always. All art is performance.

I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas, let's see if I can do it.

If you think about it enough to have a really articulate answer, you're not doing it right. That's how I feel about art. If your thought process could take you to knowing exactly what you're doing and why, there would be no point in making the art. It would become like propaganda. It's more nebulous than that.

I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form

Art is science made flesh.

What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?

Art happens-no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.