Shawn Lukas Quotes

As an artist suffering from insomnia and working from my apartment, I had an artistic freedom to explore and create awesome stuff. I wore a robe and slippers as my work dress code. These are the days when creativity is my best imaginary friend. And I was crazy enough to create what people would call masterpieces.

— Shawn Lukas

“Any man who bears the ability of a polymath shall not be interfered by specialty, he needs discipline to manage his behaviors and nurture his creativity.”

— Shawn Lukas

“Make art and live simply.”

— Shawn Lukas

“There is no any secret to being a genius, all you have to do is be yourself.”

— Shawn Lukas

For when ideas flutter in haze, we collaborate without notice and collect them as butterflies only to set them free into the world.

— Shawn Lukas

“Anyone deserves a second chance, but not everyone deserves a second chance.”

— Shawn Lukas

“It's a cute little studio apartment that has just what I need: a bed, a couch, a table, a chair, and a coffee-maker.”

— Shawn Lukas

“As a kid I never knew what I wanted to be when I grow up, but the only thing I knew was that I wanted to create things. And then I wanted to be an astronaut. I would paint stars and the atmosphere and then frame and hang the universe up on my bedroom wall. A few years down the line while I was still stargazing, I came to realize that I'm halfway around the world chasing something and the whole time it's in my backyard. From the very beginning I was who I always wanted to be.”

— Shawn Lukas

“Collaboration is key, it takes innovation and creativity to the next room.”

— Shawn Lukas

“When typography is on point, words become images.”

— Shawn Lukas

“Kids are real artists. They'd rather paint the outside of the box than being stuck inside.”

— Shawn Lukas

Every plain wall deserves a piece of work, so why not cover it with a smile?

— Shawn Lukas

“I had spent many years living with a plain piece of canvas just right on my face as a headboard for my bed. As the years passed by, I watched it slowly transforming into a work of art which still lives above my head. And that my friend, is truly living art.”

— Shawn Lukas

“What makes Helvetica more beautiful is the word "Helvetica" as a logotype in its typeface. It just makes the rest of the alphabets effective.”

— Shawn Lukas

A paint brush is the only tool I use extensively in my works, to push paint on canvas and conduct melodies. And that's exactly what Garden Avenue is, and all of my projects after that.

— Shawn Lukas

“I'll probably paint on this piano after I compose, for that will inspire me to make more awesome works.”

— Shawn Lukas

There are two characters in me: a doodler and a tuner. And the only thing that makes me go crazy is when they both fight for their turn.

— Shawn Lukas

“Aleksar Greene was a boy I used to play with. He was my imaginary friend.”

— Shawn Lukas

“In a timepiece, a sweep of a second hand is so slim in a way that it doesn't wait for no man, and that's why we choose to conceive things from the heart.”

— Shawn Lukas

“I'm bad when it comes to giving advice and best at expressing myself.”

— Shawn Lukas

“When one's work hides behind simple, process is kind of long story.”

— Shawn Lukas

“Simplicity is all but nothing that's there.”

— Shawn Lukas

“A human being is a real artist and a creative in any field, not a programmed robot in some factory.”

— Shawn Lukas

We are the next us.

— Shawn Lukas

“Sky is grey, vegetation is plastic, and mankind is pale, for we have spent our days conceiving unnecessary tools for our arousal, and so we hide the nakedness of nature with brutal machinnes.”

— Shawn Lukas

In many times, after creating a piece of work I want to stand up and applaud.

— Shawn Lukas

“Honesty is the only trick to not trick anyone.”

— Shawn Lukas