Laura Nyro Quotes

Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal.

I don't like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?

Most of the time, as an artist, I can be self-indulgent, fulfilling my own impulses, embracing imagery that contains poetry on my own terms, without immediate regard to an audience or the particular placement of my finished work.

Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.

My art, like my acting, is a profound expression of poetic license.

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.

As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.

You start creating art through the people that are looking at you, trying to route it through their sensibilities or their eyes, and then it's not you anymore.

I think people should just make art and let the art speak for itself.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

I wanted a label that reflects the times... a center for artists who want to express themselves. That's what makes Interscope unique. It's about freedom.

There is no Sixth Commandment in art. The poet is entitled to lay his hands on whatever material he finds necessary for his work.

Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.

Even if it's such a lowly art as TV, you've got to get stuff off your chest, because that's what makes something different and original, your particular take on stuff.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.

Art should not have to be a certain way.

That's the thing about being an artist, you don't have to take anyone else's perspective into account. You can act as self-indulgent in your emotions as you want.

Every artist of importance creates his own world, with its own laws - creates and shapes it in his own shape and image, and no one else's. This is why it is difficult to fit the artist into a world that has already been created, a seven-day, fixed and solidified world: he will inevitably slip out of the set of laws and paragraphs, he will be a heretic.

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

Good or bad, the one thing I can say about my art is, if I can quote Sinatra, I did it my way.

When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.