J Balvin Quotes

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

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.

I love being around great artists, and I've been around a few of them.

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew.

It doesn't matter if they're famous or not - I just want to meet other creative people who can maybe bring something different to the studio than what I have. I think that's the most important thing for me.

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Without sounding pretentious, it's nice to always be surrounded by creative people who inspire me and keep my levels of creativity charged.

I need art around me always.

I'm just gonna keep growing as an artist, and I'm excited to work with different people and learn from all these other talented, creative people that I've been around. It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like, 'Wow! That's so amazing!'

When I travel, I connect with creative people in all different fields and disciplines. It's sort of just to keep my finger on the pulse of what's going on. I think that's important.

We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's journey. It's a pretty amazing path.

I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - in addition to the artists.

You know if I see a work that really I am very affected by and inspired by then it makes me want to try things with my work that maybe I hadn't considered trying before and I think that is the biggest complement that you can pay somebody.

I remember one day when Juan Gris told me about a bunch of grapes he had seen in a painting by Picasso. The next day these grapes appeared in a painting by Gris, this time in a bowl; and the day after, the bowl appeared in a painting by Picasso.

If you think a man draws the type of hands that you want to draw, steal ‘em. Take those hands.

Until I began to learn to draw, I was never much interested in looking at art.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.

I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.

My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me.

This new art made a deep impression on me, and I began to study it ardently.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.