Boots Riley Quotes

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Making art is different for everyone.

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.

I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own.

That's the thing about creating. When you create, you create your own thing, whatever that is. It's always going to seep through in whatever you do.

The interesting part about being an artist is that the ways in which you express yourself are not always readily available.

I think every song I do is specifically tailored to what I would say and how I approach situations.

If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface.

Through art, you create your own world.

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.

Artists need to express.

As far as how I create games, I'm just reflecting what I feel, the things I have in my mind. I put those out there. Some of the things that I'm going through, the things that surround me, might be reflected there. But for me, it's a natural process. I just reflect what I feel into the game.

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.

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

The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art.

I looked at Rembrandt and Superman, Matisse and Bugs Bunny, and began to make my own pictures.

To create a work of art is to create the world.

When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!

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.