{"quotes":[{"text":"The priceless gifts (life, love, joy, goodness, family, nature) are freely given by the Creator.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["advice","artistic-expression","artists","childbirth","christian","daily-inspirational","daily-life","faith","family","family-love","gift-of-life","god","goodness","grace-of-god","grateful-soul","gratefulness","gratitude","humanity","inspirational-life","inspirational","inspiring-thoughts","joy","joyful-living","life","love","mercy","nature","philosophy-of-life","positive","power-of-thoughts","praises","pregnancy","religious-faith","thankful","thanksgiving","uplifting","wise-words","words-of-wisdom"],"id":8358,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our storyline into the annuals of time. To endure a mortal life is merely a transitory experience whereas writing about how one lived is an internalized exposition of what it means to be human. Writing is an external exhibition injecting the author into the world’s consciousness.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["artistic-expression","autobiography","memoir","personal-essay","personal-essays","self-examination","self-expression","storytelling","writing","writing-life","writing-process"],"id":27877,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["art","artist","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists","clown","clown","clowns","mask","masks","moustache","moustaches","mustache","mustaches","theatre"],"id":35033,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"I am an art work in constant progress; I am my own canvas, my own colors, my own brushes and my own inspiration.","author":"Efrat Cybulkiewicz","tags":["art","art-lover","art-work","artistic-expression","artists","brushes","canvas-of-expression","canvas-of-life","canvas-of-the-mind","colors","inspirational-motivation","progress","self-acceptance","self-awareness","self-awarness-determination","self-love","self-worth"],"id":39837,"author_id":"Efrat+Cybulkiewicz"},{"text":"You have to look closely to see clearly.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["artistic","artistic-expression","beauty","beauty-of-nature","inspiration","look","nature","observation","positive","vision","wisdom","wise-sayings"],"id":54135,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"All art is the result of one’s having been in danger of having gone through an experience all the way to the end when no one can go any further. This is what it is like to be an artist – you are unsteady on the edge of life like a swan before an anxious launching of himself on the floods where he is gently caught.","author":"Edmund de Waal","tags":["art","artist","artistic-expression","swan"],"id":59810,"author_id":"Edmund+de+Waal"},{"text":"The story comes, and it is pure story. That's all I set out to write. But I don't believe that we can write any kind of story without including, whether we intend to or not, our response to the world around us.","author":"Madeleine L'Engle","tags":["artist","artistic-expression","response","story","world","writing","writing-life"],"id":60600,"author_id":"Madeleine+L%27Engle"},{"text":"Pop is about speaking everybody's language. The imagery and iconography we instantly recognize. When you can rely on things that the public already knows, you're dealing with Pop.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["art","artist","artist","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists","common-culture","contemporary-art","iconography","imagery","polyglots","polyglottery","pop","pop-art","pop-culture","popular-culture","universal-language"],"id":63019,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"All forms of art are parallel expressions. Writing is not unlike painting or other artistic endeavors. Each artistic endeavor is an expression of the mystery of the world. The job of the artist is to deepen that mystery, express reverence for the mystery of life, and explore the enigmatic aspects of human nature.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["art","artificial-intelligence","artist","artistic-expression","artists-life","artists","writing","writing-advice","writing"],"id":74194,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"I had artistic classical training, and when you learn the classics for so many years, you might gain audacity, power and confidence to subvert everything. I am like the originals buffoons. I love the rules because I can break them.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["art","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists-life","artists","audacity","breaking-rules","breaking-the-rules","buffon","buffoon","buffoonery","buffoons","classical-education","confidence","confidence-and-attitude","confidence","confident","rules","subversion","subversive"],"id":76455,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":48,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}