Jim Root Quotes

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.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

A good director makes a playground and allows you to play.

It's a privilege to always be able to create.

I sing, but I also like to write. Creativity is the best part because you're then in your own zone and can talk about whatever you want to talk about - it lets you be free.

Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.

In art, something comes of nothing. Out of the thin air and the ether, you create a story. And that is intensely satisfying.

When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature.

When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider world, where colors are brighter, sounds clearer, and people more wondrously complex than we normally realize.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.

I think novelists should be disciplined and self-imposed working hours. I work a lot, but I don't feel that I'm working. I always feel that there is a child in me, healthy, and I'm playing.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

I want to create. I think that's the one word I can grow on.

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

For years, I was watching other people have so much fun playing out their version of authorship, like Louis C.K. and Larry David. As I watched them do their thing, I began to pine for the days when I had a lot less expected of me and, often, a lot more creative freedom. The courage that those guys have is always captivating to me.

Being creative is my idea of heaven. I'm just incredibly fortunate that I can do it in artwork. Watercolor is what I started out with. What I love about watercolor is that a lot of happy accidents occur.

I believe in creative work.

I just want to be able to be creative.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

I find that it's really important for me to imagine characters and situations. That allows me a lot of freedom.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.