Daveed Diggs Quotes

Just make the comics you want to see, and people will notice.

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things.

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.

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.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

It took me a while to understand that I do have a voice, and I can use it to help people.

I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.

What is the one-sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

If you're bored, it's because someone else is fulfilling his dream. Become a bore. It's the most interesting thing you'll ever do.

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

Once I made the decision to make art despite the obstacles and to make this my priority, things just opened up for me.

If you don't take a risk, you will not be satisfied and happy. I think one must look at creating history.

All that time I spent chasing Yale was time I could have been using to actually make a difference in the world. Bravery, not perfection, was the key that unlocked all the doors I've walked through since.

To be honest, I'm really not interested on how I'm viewed as. The only thing I'm interested in is to keep creating something special. Whether that something is synonymous to me or not is really none of my concern.

'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anything! Just go for it!'

More people should stand up and not be afraid to do things that mean something to them.

I think that BENEE definitely has this newfound confidence in me where I love to do whatever I want and have fun making art.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

As long as what you do reaches out to people, I don't think there's any reason to stop yourself from doing anything.

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.

It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived I would never again pander to a magazine's requests or follow the ideas of art directors. I would only make images which were personal, which arose out of my own life.

Follow your heart, and your pleasure in art. Don’t do what you think is going to be making you money, or what you’re parents want you to do, or what that beautiful girl or guy thinks you should be doing. Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go. Go out there and make the world more beautiful. I know you can.