Anything Quote by Brent Weeks

The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .The success of a work of art, to my mind, may be measured…

— Henry James

I believe art should be an integral part of life. I try to give my work an almost magical energy that makes the viewer…

— Stephen Huneck

My theory is that if I can stay present in the moment in my life as frequent as possible the artwork will be more…

— Ruston Kelly

The idea is that what an artist lives through should broaden his notion of what it is possible for a human being to live…

— George Saunders

“It always surprises me when people assume that something an artist has created is based on a true experience or reflects his or her…

— Michael Jackson

“The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. This requires a…

— Jerzy Kosiński

It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me…

— Erin Morgenstern

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

— Takeshi Kitano

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

— Agnes Martin

There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write…

— Matthew Specktor

I take the same approach in all genres of art, across the board. It's intuitive.

— Erykah Badu

I'm not the kind of artist who has an idea and then carries it out; it's more like I find what the idea was…

— Cecily Brown