Don Miguel Ruiz Quotes

The boyhood dream of becoming a painter stays important to me.

When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around to create space on the floor, throw down some sheets and indulge in any form of art that I could get my hands on.

I like to think of myself as a true artist.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

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.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

Make good art.

All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists.

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.

Every man is an artist.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

I can concentrate on my art.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

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

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

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

I'm an artist in my heart.

Art is a gift and if nobody hears it, that doesn't make it any less of a gift.

I dreamed of being an artist.

If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way: Will we ultimately produce something approaching a masterpiece, an acceptable but not particularly memorable work of art, or a creation that wouldn't even be purchased at a yard sale?

I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.

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.

At moments we are all artists.