Best 11 quotes in «art therapy quotes» category

Art is my cure to all this madness, sadness and loss of belonging in the world & through it I'll walk myself home.

Autism: Where the "randomness of life" collides and clashes with an individual"s need for the sameness~

Art can permeate the very deepest part of us, where no words exist.

I create beautiful art, so I can look back on the life my body fell short of in such a way that it brings me peace.

In reference to Einstein's definition of insanity... No Mr. Einstein, that is not insanity, that is autism.

Creating artwork allows your mind to be in a safe place while it contemplates the tougher issues you are dealing with. One can use the tools of brush, paint, pastels, crayons etc to expose and even for a short time color those issues in a different light.

Suffering is so real & I walk amongst so many who have no idea how much my soul is aching to be healed.

I make art when I can't gather the words to say.

My reality isn't as gracious as it use to be, so I create things that are.

I should advise you to put it all down as beautifully & as carefully as you can—in some beautifully bound book. It will seem as if you were making the visions banal—but then you need to do that—then you are freed from the power of them. . . . Then when these things are in some precious book you can go to the book & turn over the pages & for you it will be your church—your cathedral—the silent places of your spirit where you will find renewal. If anyone tells you that it is morbid or neurotic and you listen to them—then you will lose your soul—for in that book is your soul.

The British Association of Art Therapists defines art therapy as: ...a form of psychotherapy that uses art media as its primary mode of communication. It is practised by qualified, registered Art Therapists who work with children, young people, adults and the elderly.[4] Clients who can use art therapy may have a wide range of difficulties, disabilities or diagnoses. These include, for example, emotional, behavioral or mental health problems, learning or physical disabilities, life-limiting conditions, brain-injury or neurological conditions and physical illness.