I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.

Quote by Louise Nevelson

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What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life...

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life...

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or...

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or...

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or...

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or...

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different....

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different....

I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when...

I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when...

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Art among a religious race produces relics; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial...

Art among a religious race produces relics; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...