Stephen Graham Jones Quotes

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

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Without love there is no art. When the artist is playing beautifully there is no 'me; there is love and beauty, and this is art. This is skill in action.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

I love artists. I find them fascinating. To me, there really is a genuine magic in what they do.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

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.

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

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

Sometimes I think of creativity or art as this well that we all draw from.

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

I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

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.

O thou sculptor, painter, poet! Take this lesson to thy heart: That is best which lieth nearest; Shape from that thy work of art.

I don't think there's really any difference between art - or writing, or music - and magic. And I particularly draw the link between magic and writing. I think that they are profoundly connected.

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.

Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for any one but inspire them?

For art is order, but it is born out of the chaos of life.

Indeed, an engineer designing a structure is not unlike an artist painting one. Both start with nothing but talent, experience, and inspiration. The fresh piece of paper on the drawing board is as blank as the newly stretched piece of canvas.

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

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.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.

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