Cedric Bixler-Zavala Quotes

I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me.

I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one for putting something in. And I don't want to, because that means that the picture is being painted predigested.

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

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.

Making art is different for everyone.

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

Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.

I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.

Coming where I'm coming from, really, my family name isn't a pressure because, you know, music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up. Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music.

You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I don't think it's art. I just think it's music. It is what it is.

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.

That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say.

I went to art college. I like to be creative. I use food as my medium at the moment but it could easily be illustrations in the future, or something else.

Whether it's a poem I'm working on or a picture I've snapped, it all has to do with the curiosity I feel without thinking about it.

I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in.

I reached a place where I wanted to make more music, but I didn't know what I wanted. So I stopped labeling music by genre and just got into a studio to be creative. Now I write whatever feels instinctive.

I always make music as an art - it's never been a product for me.

In music, I don't think there's any need to be an all-rounder and do everything yourself. Play to your strengths, and do what you feel. Or do whatever the material itself demands. In this case, I felt like it would benefit from me singing, and I wanted it to have that sound.

We're all trying to be artists making our own unique statements. I think the only real way to do that is through failure.

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.

I think creativity becomes really beautiful and magical when you allow it to do what it's needing you to do.

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.

Every artist makes herself born. You must bring the artist into the world yourself.

What matters most to me? To work with my model until I have it enough in me to be able to improvise, to let my hand run free.