Creative Quotations from . His criticism was informed by psychological, sociological, and philosophical methods and insights. A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. Immature artists imitate.
Mature artists steal.
What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have. Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Scroll down for sources of quotations and special search engines. Keith Mohler, 1994. In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library , 1997.