Francisco Goya Quotes

I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

They're never gonna not put you in a box. It's something that they have to do, because nine times out of 10 people don't understand creativity.

People classify things and that's fair enough. But if somebody wants to make something different, that doesn't make them any less of an artist.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.

People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.

To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.

I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.

My early experiences in animation taught me that following someone else is not a great idea.

So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer.

My art and my creativities were totally something that was of my own heart and mind. I could never let anybody dictate to me what I should write and how I would write it.