William Hazlitt Quotes

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

In art, anything goes, and if it goes, it goes.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

There are no rules in art.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

It doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't matter if you have training or a background in it. Just create something, and lend a piece of yourself to that art.

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

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

I believe in creative work.

I just want to be able to be creative.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.