#art

Without music, life would be a mistake.

The creator seeks companions, not corpses, nor herds and believers. The creator seeks fellow creators.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

Art is the proper task of life.

There is no contradiction between spontaneous freedom and disciplined skill; they are the two sides of the same coin.

Silence is the great canvas on which the music of existence is painted.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity.

If you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

Through the creation of mandalas, the soul heals itself and restores its inner balance.

The comic and the tragic lie alongside each other; he who knows how to write the one should also know how to write the other.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, history only the particular.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude, through pity and fear effecting the catharsis of such emotions.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The supreme art of life is to live deliberately.

True art is the soul's celebration of existence.

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Listening is an art that requires a quiet heart and an attentive mind.

To love without possession is the supreme art.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

Beauty is the signature of the divine in the material world.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

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

The greatest art is the art of conscious living.

Let love be the sole motive of all your creative labors.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.