Dzama Art Quotes & Sayings

I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen. — Marcel Dzama

Let's forget the past and keep in mind the future, but enjoy the present moment. — Debasish Mridha

Winnipeg has the largest collection of Inuit art in the world, I believe. They can be quite simple in a great way and often have sparse backgrounds and isolated characters. They often have a really great look to them. — Marcel Dzama

Everyday on the bike is a different day. Just when you think your on top, you find yourself towards the back of the pack. It is probably the hardest sport I ever done it continues to be challenging and different. — Robin Farina

My main influence are the other members of the Royal Art Lodge, we've drawn together enough that we can't help but influence each other. — Marcel Dzama

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to. — Marcel Dzama

After finishing art school I was applying to stores like Home Depot and Walmart. You know, places where you have to take a urine test before you get your minimum wage. Even those places wouldn't hire me. So I was lucky when I got included in a group show at the Richard Heller gallery that kind of started my art career. — Marcel Dzama

Just as we will spend large sums to preserve cities like Venice, even though future generations conceivably may not be interested in such architectural treasures, so we should preserve wilderness even though it is possible that future generations will care little for it. — Peter Singer

The simplest science book is over my head. — James Merrill

I have risen to a body not yet born, existing like a light around a body through which the body moves like a sliding moon. — Robert Bly

But then, maybe loneliness didn't have anything to do with how many people we had in our lives. Maybe it was really about how we felt on the inside.

And maybe I should go ahead and let myself feel these things, instead of always trying to push down and deny every negative emotion. Maybe they were just a part of me, and maybe it was okay to not always feel happy and positive. I was forever trying to silence that other part of myself, but maybe I'd feel more whole if I stopped doing that. — Alexa Land

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected. — Marcel Dzama