Guillermo Diaz Quotes

There's this feeling of creativity in Iceland.

I was brought up feeling that art is a very important part of one's life. It's something that I not only enjoy, it's something I can share with others.

The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness.

Art is not only about angst.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

When men are prosperous, they are in love with life. Nature grows beautiful, the arts begin to flourish, there is work for painter and sculptor, the poet is born, the stage is erected - and this life with which men are in love is represented in a thousand forms.

What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

I don't feel so alive if I'm not being creative.

Think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy.

Art's everything we hope life would be, a lot of times.

I believe that art elevates humanity. I feel incredibly privileged to be part of that.

Art and life are inseparable.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

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.

One of the springs of poetry is joy.

Art is the flower of life and, as seed, it gives back life.

Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.

I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.

Joy is a part of my process. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poetry, as a practice, necessitates a sense of joy. It's exhilarating to come into contact with the things we write into being. And a real sense of play and abandon – even when we are relying on hard-won technique, and even when the aim is deadly serious. How often do we get the excuse to stop, think, and then stop thinking altogether and try to listen to what sits behind our outside of our thoughts? Poets are lucky.

There is an artist imprisoned in each one of us. Let him loose to spread joy everywhere.

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature makes me feel alive. Georgia in the rain - that makes me feel alive. Compassion makes me feel alive. Hard fought victories for social rights.