Art, to me, is a question. It should never be an answer. — Marilyn Manson

For me, art is supposed to be a question mark. — Marilyn Manson

This question is posed to mayself, am I a man who thinks he’s an angel? Or an angel who thinks he’s a man? — Marilyn Manson

Society has traditionally always tried to find scapegoats for its problems. well, here i am. — Marilyn Manson

I went to one AA meeting and I got asked for an autograph. — Marilyn Manson

Music is the strongest form of magic. — Marilyn Manson

Art gives me the freedom I don’t have when I make music. — Marilyn Manson

I can’t satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be. — Marilyn Manson

The weak ones are There to justify The strong. — Marilyn Manson

Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do. — Marilyn Manson

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that’s secondary. — Marilyn Manson

If you really feel hatred for someone, and kind of send it their way, then it’s out of your system and in their hands. I always think it’s therapeutic. — Marilyn Manson

I think it’s the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort of exorcising every demon and making you feel like you’re a person that matters. — Marilyn Manson

I wasn’t born with enough middle fingers. — Marilyn Manson

I’ve always believed that a person is smart. It’s people that are stupid. — Marilyn Manson

When you’re taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love? — Marilyn Manson

In a society where you are taught to love everything, what value does that place on love? — Marilyn Manson

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn’t have a job that gave them a pension. — Marilyn Manson

Most of the world’s problems could be avoided if people just said what they fucking meant. — Marilyn Manson

The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic. — Marilyn Manson

In the end we’re all Jerry Springer guests, really, we just haven’t been on the show. — Marilyn Manson

Paintings are seldom guilty and often framed for crimes they did not commit. Some cover holes–holes in walls, holes in lives. Some make holes–in wallets, holes in hearts…in negative space. — Marilyn Manson

I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference. — Marilyn Manson

People only hate what they see in themselves. — Marilyn Manson

I’m kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That’s how I get out my shyness. — Marilyn Manson

If Satan wasn’t around, churches would go out of business. — Marilyn Manson