The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. -Pablo Picasso
Why We Make Art
The above link,Why We Make Art, by The Greater Good Science Center, has so many great answers to that question I decided to include it in the post. Click on the link to read responses shared by a variety of artists.