People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.
Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.
All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.
Creativity is innate and it manifests itself in so many forms. It needs to come out somehow or it destroys you in some way.
What is art? A violet. Is that all? An artistic style is a living entity, a continuous process of invention. It can never be imposed from without; born of the profoundest tendencies within a society, its direction is to a certain extent unpredictable, in much the same way as the eventual configuration of a tree's branches.
Style is indeed the valet of genius, and an able one too; but as the true gentleman will appear, even in rags, so true genius will shine, even through the coarsest style.
If I can feel freedom then I can create.
If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world?
Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.
I believe that what we want to write wants to be written. I believe that as I have an impulse to create, the something I want to create has an impulse to want to be born. My job, then, is to show up on the page and let that something move through me, in a sense, what wants to be written is none of my business.
The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.
The degree of talent, the size of the gift, is immaterial. All artists must listen, but not all hear great symphonies, see wide canvasses, conceive complex, character-filled novels. No matter, the creative act is the same, and it is an act of faith.
I've changed as a person because of the art of drag.
I can't speak for all queens, but Sharon Needles is definitely a different entity from me as Aaron Coady.
I love drag queens and they love me.
My family was fine, it's just a different way of going about life. Creativity was not something that was isolated and identified and valued.
Everybody does drag for different reasons.
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.
Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.
I started doing drag because I needed a creative outlet for myself.
