“My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate, breathe, expand and contract, multiply and thereby create new paths for exploration.” ArtFormGrowthMemoriesVisionPathShapesArt IsBreatheExplorationContractsRecollectionNew PathsNew VisionArmenia Author:Arshile Gorky
“The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put out into the world, the footsteps I leave behind. It's a cliché for a reason - we all kind of work our own paths through the woods. There are not a lot of paths through the woods for someone who sings, plays the cello, and wants to tour on a human scale and create change in the world. I'm on my own path. It's pretty awesome.” WorldWantHumansKindArtReasonPlayChoicesMy OwnBehindsPathArt IsWoodsScalesWho I AmAll KindsFootsteps Author:Ben Sollee
“Like William Morris, Joe Hollis asks us to perceive paradise gardening as a juncture where artfulness directly serves life. In fact, we might go so far as to define this paradise as the place where art is indistinguishable from life, and where simplicity is codified as the best path for achieving happiness.” LifeArtFactsMightHappinessAsksPathAchieveArt IsSimplicityPerceiveParadiseGardeningMorrisJunctureAchieving Happiness Author:Jim Nollman
“No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.” ArtMatterDreamAgeCareersCreativityPathLateArt IsNo Matter WhatSelfishSillyYour DreamsToo LateHobbiesEgotisticalLife Path Book:The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Source: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
“Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is just such a path. Art is distilled from suffering.” WayLooksArtSufferingPathArt Is Book:Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust Source: Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust