Jim Lee Quotes

I feel like I'm a creative, and I want to take advantage of that.

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.

There was always a creative impulse in me but I never felt rooted to anything.

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.

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 still haven't made a film that defines who I am.

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creator but also as a woman. I cannot separate one from the other.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

I express myself through my art.

One of the things that kept me out of trouble was doing something creative - creativity can't be judged.

You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.

I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.

My work is literally my voice.

Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

Art knows neither doctrine nor idea; its nature is to show.

My childhood definitely revolved around my relationship with my brother. I wanted to be different. I wanted to find my way of being as intriguing and interesting as he was.

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.