Creative Artists

Whenever we dig down

Whenever we dig down into the achievements of a creative artist, we invariably trace them to the beginning of all beginnings: labour. Galina Ulanova

What moves those of

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. Eugene Delacroix

Creativity is the sudden

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity. Edwin Land

It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don’t like the light–it reveals too much. But hand in hand with the creative artist, you can lead people into the wisdom that is known to all other animals: simply, that it is the … Read more

A critic has no

A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. E. M. Forster

I have not, in

I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson said once when we conversed on this subject, should be her forte. Fredrika Bremer

I find it hard

I find it hard to believe that the machine would go into the creative artist’s hand even were that magic hand in true place. It has been too far exploited by industrialism and science at expense to art and true religion. Frank Lloyd Wright

The job of the

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon

The function of the

The function of the creative artist consists of making laws, not in following laws already made. Ferruccio Busoni

Because I didn\’t go

Because I didn’t go to film school, you learn so much from a lot of creative artists. F. Gary Gray