#u

Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment. ↗

— Claude Monet

#genius #obsession #passion #art

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art. ↗

— Roman Payne

#artists #awkwardness #bizarre #clumsiness #good-art

sometimes no matter how many eyelashes or dandelion seeds you blow, no matter how much of your heart you tear out and slap on your sleeve, it just ain't gonna happen. ↗

— Melissa Jensen

#unrequited-love #art

Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#inspirational #music #art

Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#art

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#i #just #musical

Somewhere, the zebra is dancing. ↗

— Garth Stein

#art

I’m not saying that you should deny the difficult events of your life. But the fact that you survived is also a wonderful story to tell. And that story, the story of the way you came through a difficult situation, found resources within yourself or outside of yourself, gleaned from that experience what you wanted and what you didn’t want going forward — that is a story that can inspire you and others to heal and grow. ↗

— Golda Poretsky

#inspirational-quotes #experience

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#away #home #leaving #leaving home #only

Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#people #predictability #surprise #art