Artist Quotes by Jose Parla

I never want to abandon my roots. I want to give my past and the history of painting the importance it deserves, including the…

— Jose Parla

I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the…

— Jose Parla

For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to…

— Jose Parla

Sometimes I'm inspired by a certain part of my life - I'm thinking about a place and I'll mix the colors from memory.

— Jose Parla

Sometimes I'm not so sure how healthy it is because it's exhausting to put all your emotion into your work, but I guess I…

— Jose Parla

As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks…

— Jose Parla

My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the painting.

— Jose Parla

When I was young I was constantly reading walls; I took in everything written on walls, from love messages to political messages. It was…

— Jose Parla

You try to tap into a memory and you close your eyes and it comes back. So I was doing this in the painting…

— Jose Parla

One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the…

— Jose Parla

I have too much energy, even for myself. I'm lucky to have something that focuses me.

— Jose Parla

People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way that's part…

— Jose Parla

Sometimes I think I shouldn't explain much about my work because people will just feel what they feel when they see it. They'll love…

— Jose Parla

The walls around us bear witness to lives past and present.

— Jose Parla

My style also has a lot to do with theater because often I'm imagining I'm a character who is wandering by a wall and…

— Jose Parla