On creativity & expression
- “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton
- “Every artist was first an amateur.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Creativity takes courage.” — Henri Matisse
On the purpose of art
- “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Pablo Picasso
- “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” — Pablo Picasso
- “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” — Edgar Degas
On inspiration & process
- “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” — Pablo Picasso
- “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.” — Pablo Picasso
- “I paint flowers so they will not die.” — Frida Kahlo
On art & truth
- “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” — Pablo Picasso
- “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cézanne
Short & poetic
- “Art is freedom.” — Anonymous
- “Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” — Theodore Dreiser
