Kara Walker Quotes

The interesting part about being an artist is that the ways in which you express yourself are not always readily available.

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

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

Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.

I want to do something creative, not just easy.

I love to be creative.

I believe in creative work.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

To create one must be able to respond. Creativity is the ability to respond to all that goes on around us, to choose from the hundreds of possibilities of though, feeling, action, and reaction and to put these together in a unique response, expression or message that carries moment, passion and meaning. In this sense, loss of our creative milieu means finding ourselves limited to only one choice, divested of, suppressing, or cendoring feelings and thoughts, not acting, not saying, doing, or being.

If you're an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not.

I base everything on my instinctual approach. There's something very satisfying in that creativity, and it's a bit like an infant drawing.

I express myself through song when I can't let people in on my thoughts otherwise. I need the creative process.

In my daily life, I tend to be very literal and unsuperstitious. But music gives me an outlet to be very emotional.

The power with which you can create a character is tremendous and probably more satisfying than actually being the person.

I chose art, music, of course fashion, clothes, colors. I'm just expressing what I have inside and bringing it out.

Creative instinct is personal.

I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women.

I don't really like the idea of putting myself in any category now... I think that people are looking for music that's real and honest and that they can relate to emotionally.

My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes.

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow… The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward

Creativity thrives best when constrained.

This is writing. You cut out chunks of your own memories, rework them, bleed into them, breathe into the raw clay, and hope the creature lives.

As an artist, you have the job of working out whatever is given you to work out.

The right creative act makes its own laws, and always will do.

You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming.