Leslie Odom Jr. Quotes

Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

I put on the canvas whatever comes into my mind.

When I'm drawing, I'm drawing with the light, being completely open and creative. I can't draw in the evening. I need light and I need warmth if it is a summer thing, and I need cold if it is a winter collection. The good thing is that I have houses to go to whenever I'm working. I draw according to the place.

When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out.

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it's the film or painting and drawing, which has been a big part of my life, for a long time.

There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.

My painting does not come from the easel.

I am like a folk painter. Paint and move ahead.

My process is really quite organic, and starting a painting is one of the best parts for me. I always start in quite a loose and free way. I often put down one ground colour to begin with and then play off that.

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.

I felt I was painting with a Popsicle.

Do not think that I have stopped painting, for at any moment, I am liable to paint a good picture.

Get into your own creativity. Sketch and paint with different mediums and follow your heart.

I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.

Painting is a lonely, mostly solitary act.

When you're not hearing my voice, I'm working on art. So if you're not hearing me, I'm working for the people and getting inspired.

My passion for painting is so sacred and personal to me.

I always start a painting with the sky.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

I paint daily with watercolors on 5-by-7-inch pads that are small enough for me to take them everywhere.