“Art has always been my salvation.”

— Maurice Sendak

NOW interview (2004)
Context: Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And when Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain — I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. Or if I walk in the woods and I see an animal, the purpose of my life was to see that animal. I can recollect it, I can notice it. I'm here to take note of. And that is beyond my ego, beyond anything that belongs to me, an observer, an observer.

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American illustrator and writer of children's books 1928–2012

Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001) Canadian artist

Original in French: Mon propos a toujours été modeste, je voulais transformer ce mariage de raison en un mariage d'amour.
Cited at : Ferron, Marcelle; Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas 1983; Catégorie : Culturelle http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.php?noLaureat=183 at prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca, 2012-10-29

“Renaissance art has always been my favourite subject. The realism involved in it is a challenge for me not only as an artist but also as a priest. Subjects involving human beings have always been my core area of interest.”

Stephen Rotluanga (1952)

Nude figures, Mizo bishop's tribute to God https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Nude-figures-Mizo-bishops-tribute-to-God/articleshow/4834560.cms?referral=PM (July 29, 2009)

“To me, art has always been a fun way to be creative.”

Roger Kastel (1932) American artist

Hopkinton Center for the Arts show delivers excitement and skill https://web.archive.org/web/20190504184619/https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/entertainment/20180211/hopkinton-center-for-arts-show-delivers-excitement-and-skill (February 11, 2018)

“I’ve gone through so many dark periods of my life, but my art has always been there. I firmly believe in this way of living, and I hope to die like this.”

Tan Kheng Hua (1963) Singaporean actress

"Tan Kheng Hua Talks ‘Kung Fu,’ ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Living for Her Art" in Observer (22 April 2021) https://observer.com/2021/04/tan-kheng-hua-kung-fu-interview-crazy-rich-asians/

“Every artist works within a tradition. I am a native of Russia. My Russian soul has always been close to the art of old Russia, the Russian icons, Byzantine art, the mosaics in Ravenna, Venice, Rome, and to Romanesque art. All these artworks produced a religious vibration in my soul, as I sensed in them a deep spiritual language. This art was my tradition.”

Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941) Russian painter

quote from his letter to the National Socialist State Cultural administration, 1939; Jawlensky asked permission to exhibit his painting art, which was turned down by the Nazi regime
Source: 1936 - 1941, Life Memories' (1938), p. 24