Quotes About Artistry

My whole life has been singing and painting. I just do those two things.

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.

If I was painting or writing, I wouldn't veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor, I kind of think the same way. I should do things that are different and interesting and shed light on the craziness of the world.

If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.

If I'm at a party, and there are lots of people running around, you'll most likely find me on the floor, painting... I want to be at the party, but I want to do something. I'm just not very idle at all.

I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my head before I do it.

The truth is that... if you put any idea out there that's kind of flashy, you have many, many people that are going to be copying it. This happens whether you do movies, paintings or music.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

An artist is someone who paints and is creative, but they are not necessarily using their brains too much. And it's the same in modelling.

That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes.

Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself. I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette, but if I do, then within that, I can be creative.

My debut project was during a pandemic, so I was in the house and never got to see the people who listened.

You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood.

Too many rockers put on the leather pants and shirt first. But if you write good songs, the pants and shirt will follow.

People always want an explanation about everything and I cannot give it to them. Because I don't know myself. 'Why did you do a pair of pants like that?' I have no idea. I'm not going to have a 20-minute political discussion about the necessity for slashed, painted leather jeans. Basically, I don't know more than you.

Characters are not created on paper or laptop alone.

My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.

It's just nice to see something from paper come to life on the screen.

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.

I truly enjoy directing. I enjoy looking at the words on the paper and visualizing how to make them come to life.

I'll hear a beat and think, 'How can I make this a banger?' I'll write the lyrics on my phone or on a piece of paper, and either way, it's going to be a slapper.