Quotes about Artistry

When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were too mature for my age!

I've always had a maturity within my writing.

I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal.

I just write mechanical things.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

Basically, I love to act. The medium is not important.

When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want.

I am so lucky that I have been part of and written songs that will always resonate no matter how old they get.

I was a fan of Belle and Sebastian. I didn't really know a lot of their music - I only knew the kind of bigger songs because I had a friend, when I was younger, who was really into them. But I have always really respected Belle and Sebastian for what they are, what they do. Yeah, they're just great.

If the opening chapters of Genesis portray God as a creative artist, then it only stands to reason that the people he made in his image will also be artists. Art is an imaginative activity, and in the act of creating, we reflect the mind of our Maker.

In Exodus 31 God sanctifies a wide spectrum of artistic gifts by blessing "all kinds of craftsmanship.

Artists are called and gifted-personally, by name-to write, paint, sing, play, and dance to the glory of God.