Expression Quotes

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression." "Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture." "One of the exciting things about being an artist is that you’re able to invent new ways to tell stories that haven’t been told in that way before" "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four." "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Actors are here to perform various different functions in different places in society, so the more places I can place myself in, the happier I am." "I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize." "It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open " "I’m just trying to make music everybody can get something from." "The tongue is mightier than the blade" "Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth" "Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks." "I like good strong words that mean something." "Songs are like a personal diary, a secret we just share with people" "The hardest thing with musicians is getting them not to play"