Betsey Johnson Quotes

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

Before I discovered moviemaking, I hadn't found anything where I could kind of galvanize or meld all of the things that I wanted to do.

I wanted to be a writer as a teen... so storytelling was my first love. In my late teens, design became an obsession as I realized that I could express myself through the medium. Much later, when I founded Fuseproject in 1999, our slogan became 'design brings stories to life.'

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

If you were to say to me that I couldn't paint, I would write. If I couldn't write, I would be a set designer. As long as I'm creating something, I'm happy.

There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment.

Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

Art is the proper task of life.

I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing.

You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design.

My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.

If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella.

I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.

I love creating. I had been really into photography when I was in college.

I make music not to make money but because it's in me.

My work is more to me than just music.

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art.

I kind of grew up with a camera in my hand.

Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it.