Quotes About Artistry

We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.

Listen within to find shining poetry and hear extraordinary music. You are a work of art.

Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination, ignite in the brilliance of our minds, and are wrought in the work of our hands" -

A good artist makes imaginations real!

I read, write and create. I must lose myself in work, so that there is no space for the other/anything else.

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art.

Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums.

Your craft is comprehensive if it represents you.

If there was ever a time to create, it is now!

Consuming the content and culture of creatives does not make one a creative. Creating makes a creative.

We are doing the most important possible work in the world when we open the door and reveal our creative nature. It is the work of the Universe itself.

Dedication. DEDICATION. That is the only way to become a writer. Write every day. Write until your fingers bleed, your eyes bleed, your soul bleeds. From that blood, stories are born. It's worth it.

Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!

I know some people are like, 'I'm depressed, and I'm a struggling artist,' and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work for me. I have to be really happy, even when I'm writing my depressing songs; I have to come through that stage before I can write.

The purpose of an actress is not to just look beautiful and strut around like a peacock but act, too.

When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.

With me having this raspy voice, people always asked when I was going to sing on a song. When I was going at it with 50, people were saying I don't sing on my own hooks. That always stuck in my head and people always told me I had to use my own voice not just to rap.

The way that I sing is very mumbled-together, and so I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now.

For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.

You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.

Sometimes I don't even know what to name a song when I get done with it, and I'll let somebody else tell me what I should call it because it's whatever stuck in their head.

I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that. But what excites me most is exploring my own musical insights and expanding upon them.

I don't like getting stuck into someone's definition of what you can or can't do with a story.

One of the most memorable and frightening things when I was four or five was Kate Bush doing 'Wuthering Heights.' She did it outside, in a forest, and she did this thing where she looked straight into the camera, and it's the most frightening thing for a kid to see, but it just stuck in my head.