Ability Quote by Fran Lebowitz

“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you…

— Fran Lebowitz

If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's…

— Stephen King

Never try to do anything artistic when you're feeling something overwhelming. It's like driving a car: If you're experiencing road rage, pull over.

— Stephin Merritt

I just paint to fulfill an urge. When I don't have the urge, I just don't paint. This is not some stupid contest. But…

— Jim Rowe

“I think ‘slow writing’ is the answer when the feeling of burn out threatens, something akin to the ‘slow food’ movement. Anxiety and panic…

— Rosaleen Love

I've always felt like I needed to experience some type of anguish in order to feel productive as an artist.

— Michelle Zauner

As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar to making…

— Black Francis

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And…

— Joni Mitchell

Whenever I really want to, I can paint. It kinda just goes by my emotions and feelings at the time.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

Sometimes I just want to sit and write at a clean table and not get paint all over my hands.

— Danny Fox

Painting bores me like everything else. Unfortunately, painting is one of the activities - it is bound up in the series of activities -…

— Rene Magritte

If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.

— Franz Kline