Madeline Brewer Quotes

I'm a super creative person and have always loved drawing and painting since I was super young, but makeup was a new avenue for me.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

I learned how to draw from being bored in school. I would doodle on the margins of my paper.

Doing makeup was a way to create characters, only I got tired of doing it for other people.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.

If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.

My acting career wasn't going where I wanted it to. I wasn't getting good parts. I got so bored with myself that I started writing.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

I love the creative outlet of designing, and I love make-up and products and feel like I find so many great products around the world that I want to recreate, so I want to do that or design.

Ever since I was a little kid, I got bored, so I learned to sing, and I started singing lessons. And then anytime I was bored, I would start writing and start messing around on my computer, making beats. Then I got bored and started making YouTube videos; that changed my life in a big way.

The fashion business got boring. I was working with big companies, but the minute it became too formulaic, I got bored with it. I wanted to do a creative space where I could just make stuff - kind of like an atelier, where I could collaborate with other artists, drape geometric shapes on the body, make cushion covers, or whatever.

When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it allowed me to become somebody: an artist who explores her different identities.

I was an electrician, and I started acting as a hobby because I needed a distraction - I was bored! And only when I started did I think, 'Sheesh, what have I gotten into?' I had to go after it fully; I just had to.

I definitely do not think of makeup as, like, a validation type thing. For me, it's a creative outlet and an art form. It's not like, 'Oh my God, I need to feel pretty.' It's like, 'This is so cool. I just created art on my face.

My guitar has, like, become part of me, you know.

I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me.

Makeup is an art form for me. It's a form of expression, and it's such a cool way to get my creative juices flowing.

I never let people see me without makeup. And it's not an insecurity thing. The perk of being a girl is being able to wear makeup and dress up. It's another artistic outlet. And the 45 minutes it takes me to get ready... is very therapeutic for me. It's hard to start my day without that.

I started shooting pictures because I had all these photographers around me, and life was kind of boring creatively because you play the same songs every night. So I looked for another outlet, and I started shooting.

I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin.

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

I always say your body is the temple of your spirit, why not decorate it? My kids say, no, no, your body is the temple of your spirit, keep it clean. I'm covered in tattoos and I get a tattoo every time I write a book. I get the tattoo from the book.