Dan Fogelberg Quotes

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

My music would be very, very different if I haven't traveled.

Through my films I'm eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don't know if I'm ever going to get there, but I'm slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I'm 85, I'll look back and say, 'All right, that about sums it up.'

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

You don't have to be Picasso or Rembrandt to create something. The fun of it, the joy of creating, is way high above anything else to do with the art form.

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

I never travel without my sketch book.

I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.

Get into your own creativity. Sketch and paint with different mediums and follow your heart.

When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around to create space on the floor, throw down some sheets and indulge in any form of art that I could get my hands on.

I like to paint and spend a lot of time doing art. For me, it's about hearing yourself and putting it out there as art. It's like a therapy thing.

Once I found art, it was a wrap.

To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.

Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.

I regret not starting to paint earlier...It is one of the few things I do regret.

Miley is always on, she’s always funny, she’s always writing songs, she’s always making music. The parallel of the film is like Miley says, going back to her home, going back to her roots. Getting back to Tennessee was art imitating life imitating art.

Sometimes for a lot of new artists, they don't have a vision, really, or know what they want to say; it's kind of drawn out for them. But me, because I'm such a transcendental thinker, it's always like a journey and an adventure with each project. It's like going through a different doorway each time.

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

I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.

You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.

My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.'

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