Famous Quotes

"Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium."

Henry Rollins on Art

More quotes about Art

• "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

  Albert Einstein on Art

• "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

  Vincent Van Gogh on Art

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

  Abraham Lincoln on Art

• "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

  Aristotle on Art

• "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

  Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by Henry Rollins

• "I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity."

• "Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own."

• "I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone."

• "Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."

• "I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best."