Giuseppe Zanotti Quotes

Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in.

It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.

I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it.

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't.

Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.

I'm not the sad sack that people might think I am. But I think that if I didn't write and perform, I probably would be.

At school I was a disaster academically but being involved in drama helped me to find another pathway into things.

I was quite a shy kid, but I was quite funny at school, and I was really into art. In our class, there were two of us who were good at drawing, and my teacher was like, 'He's going to make a wonderful artist one day, and Noel can make everyone laugh.'

I've always been the person who has needed a creative outlet.

A lot of people say video games can be stifling. Older people say, 'We had to go outside, and we had to make up stories!' For me, video games broadened my horizons. Playing 'Golden Axe,' I was those characters. I imagined myself being in that world, so honestly, it was a really good thing.

The music is something I've always done and always loved but always really kept for myself. Something I do for me.

To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions.

My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.

I'm not good at many things. But I really like songwriting, and I get a good reaction from it. There's not much that I do that causes a good reaction, so it feels like if I want to have good things happen, then I should do the things I'm good at. I mean, in all seriousness, I left school at 15. I'm unqualified to do anything else.

You can't base your life off waking up every morning, like, 'What are people saying about me now?' Then I'd never stay in my creative headspace.

My mom was an artist, and she had this amazing ability to transform everything into something beautiful.

I think imagination can be an incredibly powerful tool and it can help you get more confidence.

A design that I create is like my own extension. It's 'thinking made visible.'

I get up in the morning, look around, arrange and rearrange things, and imagine how I might like them to look. Why doesn't everybody?

I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever.

If you are going to take away war toys, then what are you to replace them with? Children need to feel courageous, brave, and assertive. They need to feel strong; that is the purpose of their play.

The more ways you can tell a story and paint a picture, the better it is.

It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.

With regards to the paint, I'm normally quite introverted and shy. I keep myself to myself, and I find that when I hide behind the paint, so to speak, I'm able to let myself go more and move more freely than I can without it.