When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That's what it's all about.
Interpretation
Creative work transcends the individual self and connects to universal truths.
This quote by Keith Haring emphasizes that true artistic expression allows individuals to escape their ego and personal concerns, reaching a deeper connection with universal themes and shared human experiences. It suggests that the essence of art lies in its ability to tap into a collective understanding that goes beyond individuality.
In practice
In a speech at an art gala, one might quote this to emphasize the transformative power of art.
I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.
The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.
Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.
I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.
My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.
I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.
I love acting. Oh, God, I love it. But all this fame and all this bullshit attention. I'm not supernatural. I've done nothing extremely special to deserve the position. It happens every couple of years, and it's happened to hundreds of people before me.
And let me touch those curving claws of yellow ivory; and grasp the tail that like a monstrous asp coils round your heavy velvet paws.
I'm always drawn to stories that people don't know about, particularly when they're inside of a story that everyone knows about.
Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.
Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.
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