Lena Waithe Quotes

The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

Maybe some people, when they sit down to write their great novel or make their great record or paint their great painting, they have it all planned out in their head. But for me, it's never worked that way.

We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's journey. It's a pretty amazing path.

Whatever it is that I thirst for in my current project tends to turn up in my following project.

I had always wanted to do a collection of cartoons, but you have to wait until someone is actually interested.

It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.

Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale.

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

Art has been good for my soul. And it's been good for my brain. I think I'm a better painter now than I was a musician growing up. You struggle to see things and translate an image through your hands to a canvas.

Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

Designers and musicians are primed to keep thinking forward. Once an album or collection launches, you can only think about doing the next one.

Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings.