Heart Evangelista Quotes

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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

When I paint a picture of a house, that goes back to my roots.

As a child, play, drawing, and painting were important to me - they still are.

Painting, music, photography, and visual art have been creative forms of expression for me for decades.

Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

I can't think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.

All my songs are where I am.

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

I will preach with my brush.

The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it's the film or painting and drawing, which has been a big part of my life, for a long time.

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

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

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.

I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths.

I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.

Art is my life and my life is art.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

I will keep painting until I die.