James Charles Quotes

I love playing with makeup. Makeup has become a thing where it's an art form. It's not a thing where you use it because you need to feel beautiful or because you don't like the way you look.

Makeup is an art form for me. It's a form of expression, and it's such a cool way to get my creative juices flowing.

Doing makeup was a way to create characters, only I got tired of doing it for other people.

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

I never let people see me without makeup. And it's not an insecurity thing. The perk of being a girl is being able to wear makeup and dress up. It's another artistic outlet. And the 45 minutes it takes me to get ready... is very therapeutic for me. It's hard to start my day without that.

I like to work in costumes, makeup, and hair that allow me tremendous freedom.

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.

I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative.

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.

Technically, a makeup artist's canvas is the face and body. The difference is that my painting of makeup is integrated into the painting of the flesh and not on top of it. I think in some ways it is more difficult to expressively deploy makeup.

Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.

Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.

Makeup is not a mask that covers up your beauty; it's a weapon that helps you express who you are from the inside.

I want the power that comes from expressing myself creatively and putting something back into the world. Being someone's muse would be flattering, but it could get old fast.

My affliction has been... I can make something or draw something or design something better than I can explain it.

I like to paint and spend a lot of time doing art. For me, it's about hearing yourself and putting it out there as art. It's like a therapy thing.

Composing is an emotional thing.

I just block out the demons. I sing. I block them away. I put my pain into my music. I paint. I make my own videos. I direct myself. No one directs me anymore. I am in charge of my destiny.

I definitely think that using that artistic side of your brain, just having an outlet for emotion is very important, whether it be painting, dancing, acting, or singing.

I started using this outlet of creativity - you know, going to the studio, writing, meeting these writers and producers - as the best form of representing myself to my fullest potential.

Like a musician expresses himself through music and a writer's expression is in his writings, cooking is my mode of expression.

Whatever I ended up picking or choosing was always going to be a creative outlet for me.