Pat Conroy Quotes

Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.

I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just need time, as I've learned over and over again. You've got to wait before you write about them.

The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear, though, is laziness. It is so easy to drift and finally be tossed up on the beach, derelict.

All makers must leave room for the acts of the spirit. But they have to work hard and carefully, and wait patiently, to deserve them.

If I have a dry spell ... I wait and live harder, eyes, ears, and heart open, and when the productive time comes, it is that much richer.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

I believe in art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

I found I have to stay painting.

Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. I was exposed to it since I was very small.

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

I need art around me always.

I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

I love to draw and paint - that's what makes me happy.

I'm inspired by art - in whatever form it takes. I love when I see a painting or a photograph that captures my attention.

I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.

I am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging.

When I see a beautiful piece of art, it inspires me to be creative.