Art Quote by Grayson Perry

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner…

— Henri Matisse

The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I think that fashion, for a long time, has been in a prison. Without freedom. I think that without freedom, with rules, it's impossible…

— Alessandro Michele

“Symbols, for me and for many, of freedom, whether it be from the prison of over-dense communities and the close confines of human relationships,…

— Gavin Maxwell

“The unexamined life is eminently worth living, were anyone so fortunate. It would be the life of an animal, brave and alert, with instincts…

— Guy Davenport

While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes,…

— Robert Genn

I took back a barrel of bones to New York. They were my symbols of the desert, but nothing more. I haven't seen enough…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man…

— Anonymous

After 'Paths to Freedom,' I met some people who used to teach drama in Mountjoy and they said that the prisoners loved 'Rats.' We…

— Michael McElhatton

Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.

— Yael Stone

I had been pretty well made a prisoner by school, by society. I had been given this description of the world that I couldn't…

— Frederick Lenz

The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give to the…

— Tony Shafrazi