Joseph Zinker Quotes & Sayings

All creative activity begins with movement. — Joseph C Zinker

Art is prayer - not the vulgarized notations handed down to us in the scriptures, but a fresh vital discovery of one's own special presence in the world. — Joseph C Zinker

Creativity is a celebration of life ... I am here! I love life! I love me! I can be anything! I can do anything! — Joseph C Zinker

Creativity is a celebration of one's grandeur, one's sense of making anything possible. — Joseph C Zinker

It is in [the] process of making something ... that the creator contacts a concrete reality outside his subjective life and moves into the realm of the transcendent. — Joseph C Zinker

During those rare moments of creativeness, when a person has something in common with the making of the universe, he feels a sense of transcendence. What could be a greater reward? — Joseph C Zinker

In the process of making anything, a person moves beyond personal expression to make something that stands by itself. The work acquires its own internal validity, its own integrity. — Joseph C Zinker

Excellent anthology ... a celebration of our goodness and our potential for growth. The sense of celebration is stretched by the beautiful photographs ... — Joseph C Zinker

Drawing or painting allows the artist to know himself as a whole person. — Joseph C Zinker

The fact is that the creative person is a disciplined craftsman whose 'gift' is a reaching out toward his most profound personal potential. — Joseph C Zinker