Vita Sackville-West Quotes

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

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.

I had to find my own language in jewelry. That was important to me; it really had to be what I would love to have myself.

There's no wrong way of doing art. It's an expression of the individual.

To me, fashion is ceaselessly fascinating because it is an expression of self.

In terms of my actual acting, I don't really like to to copy anyone or replicate anything that I've seen.

The definition of an artist, for me, is someone who is quite selfish about their creativity.

Even though I'm really into fashion, I'm into fashion as a means of creative expression. I dress myself according to my personal creative expression... I try to keep it comfortable. I try to keep it simple.

I think I'm just doing me, my music, my shows, and my stories.

All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

I love artists, because through art one can express oneself beautifully.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

I don't really believe in any fashion rules. I think fashion is a form of self-expression. I think you can wear whatever you want!

Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper." (pp.28-29)

Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.

It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but Christians are supposed to be conscious of that fact, and being conscious of it should recognize the importance of living artistically, aesthetically, and creatively, as creative creatures of the Creator. If we have been created in the image of an Artist, then we should look for expressions of artistry, and be sensitive to beauty, responsive to what has been created for us

Fashion for me is another way I get to express myself creatively. It is one of the fun things I get to do: to play dress-up, and create outfits and looks that aren't typical. I am an artist, so I like creating things.

An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of order.

All men are creative but few are artists.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.

They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist.

Every human being is an artist