Christina Aguilera Quotes

It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

I could never deny myself bein' an artist.

I'm now able to show who I am as an artist.

I love doing concert choreography because everything is about your vision, come heck or high water. Of course, you also take the blame for everything, but it's wonderful to be able to make up dance for dance's sake.

The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.

I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.

I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist is do the best job I can in whatever movie I do.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

I just like to choose projects that will allow me as an artist to make my art.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

It's a great challenge and a wonderful journey how to figure out how to be an artist and to carve my way.

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.