John Corigliano Quotes

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Art expresses man.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

Art is a sense of magic.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

I love being creative in all forms.

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

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

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

Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Hospital'. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Pablo Picasso'. I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.

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.

Modeling, for me, isn't about being beautiful but creating something interesting for people to look at and think about.

I always wanted to do something creative, but as much as I'm creative, it's in a really hard-core, right-brained way. For me, painting doesn't do it for me. There's no constraint.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately.

Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch transcendence and you change your life. And you want to change the life of others, too. That's why people are involved with art.