A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.
The modern artist is living in a mechanical age and we have a mechanical means of representing objects in nature such as the camera and photograph. The modern artist, it seems to me, is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
I'm not expressing anything. I'm presenting people moving.
In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.
The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.
I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
In the end, the thing that's important about free expression is that it's the right from which all other rights are derived. If you can't articulate ideas and if you can't articulate critiques of other peoples' ideas, then you're powerless. What always increases the power of an authoritarian regime is whether it can successfully prevent people from expressing themselves.
Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.
Blankly expressing oneself can be stronger than words.
Worship is not a repetitious exercise of rituals and formulas. These create a veil that actually prevents us from enjoying the presence of the Lord. Worship is the heart poured out in gratitude and awe, expressing our appreciation of who He is and what He has done for us by His grace through Jesus Christ.
The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need to know is in the text. So the thing is trying to find right tone and voice, the right style, the right way of expressing the emotions in a story or in the location of the story, but it is all in the text.
Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism over their funding schemes.
Mozart is expressing something that is more than human.
Expressing yourself when he takes for granted doesn't work.
The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.
I think people place limitations on each other and on ourselves. There is a great fear of expressing ourselves, of making creativity happen.
My room was a real way of expressing myself. It was like a little nest that I could settle into.
When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature
Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman.
Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.
