John Ruskin Quotes

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

When I draw the scene that I'd been dreaming about or had always wanted to draw, that is the time that I'm happiest.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.

I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that's why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you watching this screen: Before you go to bed, write a four line poem. Make it as good as you can. Don't show it to anybody. Put it where nobody will find it. And you will discover that you have your reward.

If I'm not creating, I'm not as happy.

I love the joy in the improvisational creative process.

The joy of creating is the truest joy.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

It's fun being creative and that's satisfying.

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.

The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness.

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.

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.

The more I paint the more I like everything.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.

I can't imagine life without singing.

It's all about doing work, being creative and staying true to who you are and having fun. That's what us actors are all about.

I sing just for fun.

As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.

To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.