Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes… — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
When you make art, those things change shape into something else. It's transformation into a body of different visual elements. — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to… — Chath Piersath Aspiration Copy Share Image
I think every writer has their waves of inspiration and their ways of doing things. But writing is very difficult for me.… — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
Whether I affect one person or an entire family, or even a group of people, I feel like I have resources and… — Chath Piersath Ability Copy Share Image
I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more… — Chath Piersath Can do Copy Share Image
Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of… — Chath Piersath Dictionary Copy Share Image
When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent. — Chath Piersath Different Copy Share Image
I have some advantages of viewing from the two lenses, the two perspectives. I think that a lot of visual artists who… — Chath Piersath Advantage Copy Share Image
You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art]. — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log… — Chath Piersath Poetry Copy Share Image
This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work. — Chath Piersath Collaboration Copy Share Image
I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us… — Chath Piersath Aspect Copy Share Image
I'm doing a collaborative project with another artist, Mary Hamill. My project is to gather the oral history of war widows, starting… — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me. — Chath Piersath May Copy Share Image
I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle… — Chath Piersath Lenses Copy Share Image
I've been coming to Cambodia off and on, six months of the year usually. — Chath Piersath Cambodia Copy Share Image
It's really hard when you read literature in a language that's not your own. There are all these cultural references you have… — Chath Piersath Books Copy Share Image
I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer. — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
I think that there are certain feelings and things you can convey in a simple form that people can see and understand. — Chath Piersath Certain Copy Share Image
I'd like to do more collaborations because collaboration creates different viewpoints. — Chath Piersath Collaboration Copy Share Image
I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own. — Chath Piersath Narrative Copy Share Image
I'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their… — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult… — Chath Piersath Books Copy Share Image