Wes Borland Quotes

When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.

The poet is he who inspires, rather than he who is inspired.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Sometimes I'm more inspired by stuff that tells a story and less inspired by stuff that's not a natural extension of what I'm already doing.

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

But my favorite work is always my next piece.

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.

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 think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

People always ask what my inspiration is, and it's never something that's easily explained.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

Hearing about a visual artist's approach can change the way you think about songwriting.

Anyone in the arts has had an experience of seeing someone who they related to doing something and thinking, 'I could do that.' If you have one generation where you force its hand a bit, then the next one fills in the gaps, because it's seen an example of what can be done.

The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative.

Artists have always been my biggest source of inspiration.

All the things an artist must be: poet, explorer of nature, philosopher!

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.