Art Is A Way Of Survival

Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, ‘Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.’ So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.
—Marina Abramovic

All the wide sky
Was there to tempt him as he steered toward heaven.

Ovid - Metamorphoses

Sculpture: Nicola Godden - Icarus Rising

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.
— Leonard Cohen

Artist: Agnes-Cecil

Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance.
— Carl Sandburg

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

When I found you, my heart found a home.

— Seabird, Falling For You

Artist: Fernando Cobelo

Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance.
— Carl Sandburg

You’ll need to suffer to make any real art.
— Chuck Palahniuk
Artist: @andcrespi

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

— Vincent Van Gogh . Artist: @greenlamp_art

I paint flowers so they will not die.

— Frida Kahlo