Philosophers wonder when they do not know, artists when they do.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

The philosophical study of beauty, art, and the splendor of nature nurtures a person’s fertile mind by exposing a person to the puzzling world of the beautiful, elegant, ugly, and grotesque. Human beings ability to experience sublime pleasure emanates from a variety of sensory experiences and a person’s ability to make discriminatory observations and judgment in taste and sentiment.

Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate.

It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.

What exactly is it you'd like to know? [the book store manager asked]. He had an odd expression, like he was asking her a trick question. [Katherine] thought a minute. What DID she want to know? Why had she taken the trouble to come out in the cold to learn about a woman she'd never heard of until yesterday? She had that feeling she got when she was doing her art and suddenly discovered the missing piece that ties everything together: a tingling in the back of her neck, a crazy buzzed-rush of a feeling that spread through her whole body. She didn't understand the role that Sara Harrison Shea, the ring Gary had given her, or the book he had hidden would play, but she knew that this was important, and that she had to give herself over to it and see where it might lead.

The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.

Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.

An artistic person taps into the destructive emotional energy of guilt and shame and the longing to love and be loveable and transforms these powerful emotions into a creative force.

I have a transgressive spirit, and Pop is transgression's best friend.