Don Cheadle Quotes

When I was living in Mexico, I started reassessing my drawing style, and plunged into a period of doing exercises and research to develop a new way to draw. The result was a style that implies more than it shows, and so, ironically, feels more "true" to the scene I want to draw than a style that is more specific. It seems to me that the reader's imagination is able to fill in the gaps more effectively than I ever could. Plus it's a lot faster and more fun to do.

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.

To create something you must be something.

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

I was successful and I enjoyed modeling, but it got to a point where I felt like I had 'been there, done that.' I wanted something that would inspire me and challenge me. I needed something that required more creativity. I started writing and I started auditioning. Simply posing in front of the camera was no longer enough.

I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately.

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

I like to have a lot of different creative outlets.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

Relevance, for me, is about being creative and doing things that you believe in, whether that's music or acting or painting a picture, or whatever that is.

It's cool how to see how my creative juices have shown themselves when they're not being used for 'Euphoria' every day. I'm trying to find a new rhythm as to how I'm going to externalize my artistic energies. It's a moment of re-formation.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

It's been so inspiring to have complete creative control and to just have fun creating and collaborating with people I admire greatly.