Chris Brown Quotes

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

My personality is more the personality of a painter.

I like to think of myself as a true artist.

Not that painting would have been a release. The reason for doing it is the desire to create. I've got to do it! I've seen that, I can still remember it, I've got to paint it.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art but with nothing of my own, and when I'm working, I'm only thinking about what the client wants. So I don't see it that way, but maybe it's true. I mean, they are my friends.

I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.

Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions.

Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'

Maybe I'm a dream artist, as they call it.

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a.

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

I've always been a fine artist.

When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.

A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn't make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art.

I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same sensibility of others.

When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

I don't feel like I'm an artist with a capital 'A.'

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.

No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.