Scott Thompson Quotes

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

Art is not only about angst.

Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Art and life are inseparable.

I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.

This may sound corny, but I've always liked to make things that were beautiful.

Life and art are not two different things.

Art is the child of Nature.

Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.

The secret of life is in art.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

There is no art without Eros.

I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

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.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.