Gunter Grass Quotes

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

Art is a sense of magic.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.

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.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

I'm constantly making exhibitions in my head.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Art is my life and my life is art.

My mom is a sculptress.

Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always wanted to play other artists. If I can't play an instrument, then I want to play a character that can. There is an artist behind everything, and I think that's beautiful.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

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

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

I can concentrate on my art.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

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