I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am…

I kind of came from the Townes Van Zandt school of throwing yourself off a cliff and then that's what you write about, and…

— John Fullbright

Typically, I would run away from conflict and write about it - that was easier than staying and dealing face-to-face with humans; that's terrifying…

— Alanis Morissette

I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.

— Willie Nelson

I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place.

— Brian Stelfreeze

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.

— Yann Martel

People think art comes out of strife. No, art comes out of love, and it comes out of freedom, and it comes out of…

— Rhiannon Giddens

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

— Donatella Versace

Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.

— Warren Mitchell

Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.

— Suzanne La Follette

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space- who else?

— Joyce Carol Oates

Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness - the work.

— Eduardo Chillida

Art comes into being in that abstract interval between a thought and reality, and no one - not even the artist who created it…

— Edgar Alwin Payne

For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those…

— Walter Pater

I think great art comes from being open and creative with somebody, and of course, if feelings start getting involved in that, it can…

— Sam Palladio

They say that art comes from the soul. The more drama in an artist's life, the more he can draw on for his art.…

— Robin Leach