Judith Anderson Quotes

I think for an artist it's really important to have experiences, and I've had a lot of those. It's definitely inspired my lyrics and my style, even down to what I wear.

I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the first person, presumes a more interesting personal life and philosophy than most rock lyricists possess. John Lennon was good for one great album based on musical direct address, 'Plastic Ono Band.'

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.

I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest work.

It was only after I began to write fiction that I found a way to connect with painting.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately.

I write my songs because I've lived them.

It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and watch movies. Any kind of artistic expression interests me; it goes from literature to music to sculpture, painting; whatever is extremely inspiring for me becomes a reference also for me.

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

There were a series of moments when I decided that art was important, and it was an important vehicle for me to express my interest in spaces.

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.

I knew I wanted to be creative but didn't know how.

I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.

There was this girl who went to my school, and she did a Nikki Giovanni poem, 'Ego Tripping,' and it was just different from everyone else's. It wasn't flat recitation. It had an energy and a life to it. And it made me sit up in my seat, and my eyes got wide, and I really felt inside myself, 'She's making me feel things. I want to do that.'