Kate Nash Quotes

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

I shy away from the word 'creation.' In the ordinary, social meaning of the word - well, it's very nice, but fundamentally, I don't believe in the creative function of the artist. He's a man like any other.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic critic can understand it.

Art is giving to what you create a soul.

I consider myself first of all an artist. My work is about my creativity - why I create and not for whom.

When I think of the great artists that I admire, they always had something, whether it be their hair, rings, or whatever.

As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories.

I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.

We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's journey. It's a pretty amazing path.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.

I think for an artist it's really important to have experiences, and I've had a lot of those. It's definitely inspired my lyrics and my style, even down to what I wear.

To be an artist, you need to play inside your work.

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.

No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

Making art is different for everyone.