Francis Bacon Quotes

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

I don't feel so alive if I'm not being creative.

I love singing. I love it, and it doesn't feel like a chore. It's an expression.

I feel like life imitates art, or art imitates life. I always take on roles that I'm passionate about.

Art is not the kind of thing where you get what you put into it all the time. So I learned to not expect anything other than the sort of joy of having a poem in front of me.

That's what I love more than anything, just creating.

I'm having fun creating what I'm creating.

I love street and I love ballet and I love to convey what I can.

Being an artist is celebrating life.

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

To paint is to love again, and to love is to live life to the fullest.

I just want to paint and say what I'm going to say.

If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.

Weezer isn't stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

I will preach with my brush.

Music inspires me.