Albert Camus Quotes

A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.

It's much more liberating as a artist to feel like you can approach each page and each panel with the way that inspires you the most. I think the thing that bogs down a lot of artists is that you're kind of stuck drawing in a style you've developed.

An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.

An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

We artists can only go so far as the people can follow us. We are not alone, we are part of the system. We can take risks, but if you want to go to the peak of your consciousness, you may very well find yourself alone. Even if you know how to translate what you see, maybe only ten people will be able to understand what you tell. But, if you have faith in your vision, and retell it again and again, you will start noticing that, after a time, more people will begin to catch up with you.

The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs.

Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery.

The great artist takes what he needs.

A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.

I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you can.

My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

I have the space and liberty to create.

Oftentimes I feel like I can, through the music, paint a picture of something that I can't look anywhere and see in my real life.

Creative drives our business; the business doesn't drive the creative.

Creativity is not about making 30 songs in 30 days. It's never about demand and supply. No one can possibly do that.

My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.

The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative.