Sebastian Stan Quotes

I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere.

Sometimes I'm on the pulse of what's happening in Hollywood, but other times, I'm just totally absorbed by what I'm creating on the easel.

When I make a picture, I make love.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.

For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be at my most inventive.

There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.

I made one untitled piece.

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

When you create art, the world has to wait.

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?

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

Wonder and awe are the diet of the artist and without them the world would be far less meaningful to us than it is.

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

I put on the canvas whatever comes into my mind.

I went to art college. I like to be creative. I use food as my medium at the moment but it could easily be illustrations in the future, or something else.

I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.

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

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming.

Craft can get you through ninety percent of a piece, but it's art that carries you at the end.