“Art is to be free. Design is to fix.” — Kanye West Quote

Art is to be free. Design is to fix.

I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

Nature is the art of God.

We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.