Emilia Wickstead Quotes

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

I think an important approach for designers to take is to have a very - not singular but focused point of view.

I want to die painting.

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

An artist's love for what they create is what creates love.

My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can see it, whether that's onstage or on the Internet or wherever. Just do the things that make you happy creatively, and then show them to people.

As a creative, as an artist, I'm just excited when people want my stuff, and want to experience it.

The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

I love design, so it's important for me to have a creative outlet.

Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you're going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you're satisfied with it.

The only people that come to my mind in the last years are Lee McQueen and John Galliano. Truly, truly . . . How do I say? Full of ideas. Full of the smell. They just had this incredible passion for what they did.

Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of being paid for it...I have written because it fulfilled me. ... I did it for the pure joy of the things. And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever.

I really believe I know why my designs were better than any other human being, but I don't want to take credit for starting Apple, for turning the world around or anything like that.

Every time I design clothes, I'm making a movie.

I guess the most emotional part is when I have that moment when I end up writing something that I really, really love. So not only is there the emotional connection with the music that's being created, but there's also the magic of the fact that you're essentially creating something from nothing.

I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children.

I think you can hear, when you listen to someone's music, whether or not they're enjoying making it - it's so great to hear music where you can tell the person making it was just having a blast. That's really important to me as far as my process goes. That's probably why my music ends up being so poppy!

Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding.

Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.

The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.

The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length of time it takes to write a book, the publisher and the readers can and will come later.