Art is my blood... it flows deep, it pushes hard
in my belly. It screams, cries, and yells.
when I let it out from my eyes,skin,hands,mind, and mouth... I am well pleased.
Miss Ringgold your work is a blessing. I would like to meet you one day, and maybe I could show you my peace quilt. Ms. A.Lee of Hampton, VA

Are you an educator? use to be an artist and Daycare Educator, now disabled

art is own type of creation that can inspire you.
no matter what people say its your creation and no can understand it better than you

Are you an educator? STUDENT

A formal answer is that art is the expression in a perceptual mode of the imaginings, beliefs, hopes, or feelings, or any combination of these, of an individ- ual. A more appropriate reply (in my opinion) is that
art is the expression of some aspect of the human spirit. Anti-art---again, my personal feelings---is the mere reproduction of literal likeness---I have in mind Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans---which are devoid of any element of the artist her-/him-self, except, perhaps, an expression of contempt for the creative aspőect of the human personality.

Are you an educator? yes

Whoever said that art isn't about a product was wrong. I make art, enjoy the process, and enjoy the end product as well.
The fact that anyone posted to this just shows how far we are from understanding art these days.

Art should be intentional.
Art should embrace the accidental.
Art should tell a story, share an emotion.
Art should create a story, or create an emotion.

Art allows total personal expression and that can be a powerful thing if we let it. (but it doesn't have to.)

The only rule about art is that you can never stop making it.

Are you an educator? yes

Just saying that for CHILDREN (up until about grade two) art is more about what they are doing than the exact outcome of it. Adults, product takes on more meaning. Older kids want more meaning too. Ages are not specific.

Are you an educator? yes