Chris Renaud Quotes

I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)

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

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 prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

You could take away the singing, and I am fine. But don't take away my gift of writing. It is the best way I can relate and express what I am feeling and what I am going through.

Get into your own creativity. Sketch and paint with different mediums and follow your heart.

Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.

Self-expression is a hallmark of an artist, of art, to get something off one's chest, to sing one's song. So that element is present in all art. It is the key to even standing up and saying, "Hey, listen to me." Self-expression can be based on looking at the world and making observations about it.

We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.

Artists need to express.

Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.

For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.

I will preach with my brush.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.

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.

Sometimes I like to draw.

Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated.

I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis.

I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

I wasn't trying to turn graffiti into an art form. I just wanted to learn about art. I wanted to learn this game.

You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting our craziness, our meanness, our towering disgust.