Anais Nin Quotes

I write from what's in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that.

I write because I can't imagine not writing.

I love writing. I feel more connected to that than I do a lot of the other things.

I just want to make cool art work that has some meaning.

I don't write for fame or money, I simply want to share my experiences.

Lyrics is commissioned work, it is my profession. But poetry is my statement to life.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

Art needs to stand for something.

The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of no use.

Public opinion which, to be sure, can at times be helpful, must never for an instant swerve us from what we know in our heart we are trying to convey. For honesty is the great requisite of art. If we remain honest with ourselves, art, which is always there, never lets us down.

For art to be art it has to cure.

When art is really great, it's really powerful, can really do something to you, make you feel more alive and make you feel more connected to something. If you don't feel like that when you do it, and you just make a movie to make money, that would be pretty boring to me. I just wouldn't do it. That would be like sitting in an office, which I don't want to do.

I use my platform for more than just myself. Art is a reflection of human emotions. To neglect the political is to neglect what essentially is your job of storytelling. I would rather be known for the content of my character than for the project that I did.

Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.

Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity.

I'm making entertainment, but I'm making art. This is my art. Hopefully, it's profitable, hopefully it makes money, but at the end of the day I want it to be remembered for its artistic value as well as its entertainment value.

grievance does not make for great art.

Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!

Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful

I just don't think it honors God to create mediocre art.

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating in art.

Art's true purpose is to be human as opposed to some rarefied activity set away from real life. I think art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.