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Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?

Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.

The best thing about art is that it is the one luxury in life that can be enjoyed by everyone. And it lasts forever.

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

The arts are a celebration of life.

Art is such an important part of our culture.

Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

Art is the triumph over chaos.