Bobby Short

People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

There is no art without intention.

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.

The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.

Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it’s right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of…recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it.

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.

The arts are at the center of a nation’s purpose and a test of civilization.

The essence of all Art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.

She opened up a book of poems and handed it to me written by an Italian poet from the 13th century and every one of them words rang true and glowed like burning coal pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you.

Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words.

We’re here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference on this planet. That’s what art forms are about.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.