Dave Liebman

A Jazz performance centers upon the process of creation. The final objective is not only the finished product, but the path and process taken towards it.

There is nothing new… everything has roots in the past.

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

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

He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.

I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.

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

One of the things about creativity is you can be in denial about these things. When I found out I had cancer, there were four hours in which I was pounding my head on the marble kitchen top saying, “I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it.” But then I felt as if this little army in uniform was flooding me. They had come to help me fight it. I felt really strong about it after that. It was one of the strongest periods of my life.

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

To this day I’m really not sure if I was playing Ziggy [Stardust] or if Ziggy was exaggerated aspects of my own personality. A fair amount of psychological baggage was undoubtedly coming out through the character. Because I felt awkward and nervous and inadequate with myself, it felt easier to be somebody else.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

There is only 1 difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

This type of soul, this type of art takes a while to cook. It’s like when my wife cooks for me and I always ask for greens. She never wants to cook the greens because they take three hours to cook.

From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as already artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art.

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.

Mother’s interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.

Nothing will stop you from being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.