Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.

I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.

My artistic manifesto exists in the world as poetry. So even though most of the things that I've done have been on other people's projects or could be pigeonholed in certain ways, that's not how I perceive myself.

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

In the contemporary world, artists are almost entirely self-referential.

I express myself through my art.

When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of order.

Self-expression is a hallmark of an artist, of art, to get something off one's chest, to sing one's song. So that element is present in all art. It is the key to even standing up and saying, "Hey, listen to me." Self-expression can be based on looking at the world and making observations about it.

I come alive when I'm painting. I like to work in oils and acrylics, and the full sensory engagement and self-expression is very stimulating to me.

There is no must in art because art is free.

Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.

All artists are now free to express their own personality.

When I'm singing, I'm another person. I can be really free, in the sense that I can do whatever I want.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.

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

I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind of get to become this character, and I can make that whatever I want to make that.

Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?

I associate creativity with independent music.

I'm privileged that I'm an artist.

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.