Charles Saatchi Quotes

I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.

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.

I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at.

One day I would like to have my own art show.

My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.

I would like to continue making music and acting in projects that give me a lot of satisfaction.

When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.

I've never said, 'I live for art.'

Once I found art, it was a wrap.

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.

The best thing about being an artist, instead of a madman or someone who writes letters to the editor, is that you get to engage in satisfying work. Even if you never publish a word, you have something important to pour yourself into.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

I love painting. I went to college in fine arts, and I still do it all the time.

As an artist, I've been very fortunate.

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.

I think that's why I became good at art. It was something that I could do that I could be really proud of.

I get to sing and act and write and create and produce for a living and share art with people, and I feel like a piece of that is in honor of those who came before me.

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.

Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so.

I never thought about doing anything other than making art.