Anna Akana Quotes

My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.

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.'

Painting completed my life.

I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better.

I am happy to be alive, as long as I can paint.

My art completes my life.

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

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.

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

Art gives people a reason to be alive.

I wouldn't know any other way to live except to be an artist. I'm not very good at anything else.

Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

My trade and art is to live.

For me, I just want to continue telling stories - whether it's musically or theatrically, this is what I love to do. So, I want to create more.

For me, the drive is storytelling. To be a part of an art that tells a story and to be a catalyst, a color in that, is very exciting.

I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians. I think music and art and fashion designers inspire me and I like characters.

Really it was the first time in my life that I recognised that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.