“People say I love Artists , but what they really know about Artists? They ve ever thought about sharing the real madness with us? I believe those extreme passions/emotions in me separated from the real world is the sauce to pull out the inspirations out of me that touch the core of people s hearts, which is usually wandering about deep inside of you unconsciously covered with the social taboo called common sense .”
“When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account...”
“In every motions to put colors on my canvas, I feel like I am screaming, I AM HERE ... To whom?.. To where?... Where am I going to...?”
“The more I drive myself into the depth of my inside, the more things come up to my vision, visibly or invisibly... I even do not know if I am seeing them with my eye or with my mind. I just need to copy them on my canvases. But this mental process is always overwhelming. I often have hard time to deal with my emotion on this state. You could call this depression on surface? But actually, so many re-birth and reform are going on on my thoughts, inspiration, philosophy...etc in the underwater. I believe this struggle make my art real. My art always comes from my emotion.”
“Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.”
“The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness through movement; and a musician s loneliness echoes in his performance.”
“As an artist, my talents are not mine alone to just keep. My creations have to touch lives, spread love and let my skills be used only in good things but should be selfless not through selfish motives. In this manner, I am giving the gift back to my Master Creator. - Elizabeth s Quotes”
“Wherever I wander off to, when I draw, when I paint, I get my life back. I am lucky that I am an Artist.”
“The privilege of struggling artists is ... the life being buried in what we can t really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!”
“Surely there is a knowing behind it all. There is a teacher, an expresser, a creator, an artist perhaps, a poet certainly that has designed and presented all of the clues that we need to navigate life with some degree of grace, and perhaps with a greater degree of happiness than we now have.”
“A true great artist at heart never ceases to create, continuously amazes and keeps sharing his gift despite barriers, judgement, fears and dreaded myths. If you stopped being creative out of fear or loss of self-esteem or pride, you were never an artist first and foremost for you have ran away from your true calling. - Elizabeth s Quotes”
“...if you re an artist, you ve submitted to authority...”
“my problem is that my body acts before my brain thinks... it sometimes brings me huge trouble, or also huge success. recently, my body and brain got come to an agreement. it may be far better to live this gambling life than living in boring average ...they at least make my art more interesting”
“When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing...”
“Restoration is a skilled profession. You might even call it an art in its own right, except that it is frowned on to be original. First rule of restoration: follow the intention of the artist. Never try to improve on him.”
“What makes an amazing artist? It s not his ability to impress but his skill in touching people s lives through his craft. When he does even a simple piece of work with not much adornment (fanciful words, colors) and it moves the hearts of his audience, it is considered to be a masterpiece! A true artist lets people enter a different kind of sanctuary out of the conventional. What makes his work standout is its uniqueness -if it has a HEART.”
“Instead of chasing the idea of truth, what we should be doing is embracing the medium of drawing and using it for a purpose that fulfils our needs as an artist or designer.”