Johnny Colt Quotes

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

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.

Photography helps people to see.

I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else.

Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure. If man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand, surely to a certain extent, his relationship to life.

Photography is only a new road from a different direction, but moving toward the common goal, which is life.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.

Being a photographer is like listening to music. If you have a camera, by just living your life you're bound to find some things that are worth taking a picture of. You don't have to be an audiophile to have taste in music. It happens through osmosis.

Photography was a blessing because it filled my time. If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.

I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera's my worst enemy and my best friend. It's the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, 'You come alive as soon as the camera's on!'

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

I've always been shy and that's partly why I chose a life behind the lens. I like people to look at my work and hopefully it speaks for itself.

Photography, for me, is something I can control fully. It's wholly my own expressions.

I relax more when I'm behind the camera than anything else. I love that.

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

I've done my own videos, I do my own styling, so I feel like I've just always been a visual artist... I was one of those kids who wanted to make my own clothes and take pictures of everything. Everything inspired me, and everything felt like art around me.

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

I've hidden behind the camera my whole life because I much, much, much prefer shooting. Being behind the camera is my safe space, and it's my creative space, too.

I seem to be always returning to photography in my poetry. I guess you could say that I'm documenting the personal history and relationship I have with photography.