Charles Ray Quotes

The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it's the film or painting and drawing, which has been a big part of my life, for a long time.

I like making art.

I've been drawing all my life, just as a hobby, without really having shows or anything. It's just an agreeable thing to do, and I recommend it to everybody.

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

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

Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.

I learned how to draw from being bored in school. I would doodle on the margins of my paper.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

I'm really interested in making a mark on a paper and letting that be cursive shorthand for an idea - that's the origin of cartooning.

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer.

We were all miners in our family. My father was a miner. My mother is a miner. These are miner's hands, but we were all artists, I suppose, really. But I was the first one who had the urge to express myself on paper rather than at the coalface.

I used cartoons as diaries. I still do. They're my way of figuring out the world, what's happening to me or what I'm thinking about.

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

Sometimes I like to draw.

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.

My focus is anything that allows me to express myself. Rap, dance, photography. Those are my forms of expression.

Painting is such an individual profession. I'm not performing. There's no audience.

Growing up, I enjoyed drawing, but it was always in the service of an idea. I drew all the time, and I enjoyed making.

As a child, play, drawing, and painting were important to me - they still are.

Every now and then, I like to take a break from the visual arts and play a few songs on guitar. I don't play them for anyone.

I've been drawing since I was five years old.

I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.

Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.