Tattoo Quotes

“Jackson turned his left hand up and gazed down at the simple black tattoo on the inside of his wrist. He was silent for a long time, then looked up and met my eyes.
He said, "You're an avid reader. You know the meaning of semicolon."
I frowned. "It's when the author could have ended a sentence but chose not to."
"Exactly."
"I don't understand."
Jackson looked deep into my eyes. His smile might have been the saddest thing I'd ever seen. He said softly, "I'm the author, and the sentence is my life.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Burn for You

“- Не са ми известни много правила за това как да живееш – започна той. – Но ще ти кажа едно. То е съвсем просто. Не поемай нищо ненужно вътре в себе си. Никакви отрови и химикали, никакъв дим, изпарения или алкохол, никакви остри предмети, никакви игли, които не са от първа необходимост – наркотици или татуировки, – както и никакви несъществени… пениси.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“You don’t choose your tattoo design, your tattoo chooses you!”
― Shirin Naghashlou

“Hearts get inked too but we don't get to choose the tattoo.”
― Sherihan Gamal

“Some symbols reach to your primordial archives.”
― Talismanist Giebra, Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.

“Some symbols let you express yourself infinitely in their force.”
― Talismanist Giebra, Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.

“Being open-minded dramatically reduces one’s chances of getting a permanent tattoo.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The tips of her fingers started to tingle as did the tattoo of the small purple flower that decorated her chest. That was the last sign she needed. Whatever force that was looking out for her, it was sending her a warning.”
― D.A. Henneman

“Come on, I want to add. But doing so would be like tattooing “I am up to no good” on my forehead.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

“[…] la guardavo e mi si riempirono gli occhi di lacrime, non è che piangessi, avevo capito, avevo coscienza del fatto che dovevo farmi tatuare anch’io una barchetta così sul petto, che senza una barchetta come quella non potevo vivere, che quella barchetta doveva dare calore, che era l’emblema dell’anima, e che anch’io l’avrei avuta. Quella barchetta lì si può lavare?”
― Bohumil Hrabal, La cittadina dove il tempo si è fermato

“Some of the pain that clients experience is likely from not knowing what to expect. They approach their appointment with tension and nervousness, and they tend to hold their breath when they first get started. As soon as a client relaxes and breathes normally, the tattoo pain becomes minimal.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“In tattooing, linework is arguably the most important element. Lines form the basis of our sketches and the stencils used to apply the artwork to the skin.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“I want you to tattoo me."
"Tattoo? I don't know how."
"You draw," Jimena explained. "That's all you need to know to do a jailhouse tattoo. I'll tell you the rest."
An hour later the tattoo of a crescent moon and star was bleeding on Jimena's arm.
"It looks good," Catty said with pride.
"Yeah." Jimena stood in front of the mirror and admired Catty's work. Excitement ran through her when she looked at herself. She glanced at Catty and knew she was feeling the same. They stared at each other's reflections.
"You look... like a goddess," Catty said, smiling.
Jimena remembered she no longer had her gift. Could she even call herself a goddess now? With rising self-assurance, she knew it was her rightful title. The power was inside her.”
― Lynne Ewing, Night Shade

“Tattoos should not be ignored as if they were simply a decoration. A tattoo becomes the living flesh, when an individual chooses to be tattooed they are choosing to be changed, transformed, brought closer to their deities. A person either modern or ancient intends to carry the tattoo to the next world with them.”
― Margaret Moose, Tattoo: Magic, Medicine, Art

“Hey, check this out," Eric said, pulling up his sleeve and holding out his arm.
The name Ariel was written out- in mer runes! It circled his arm like the sort of band a warrior would wear, and glistened with oil he had rubbed into it.
"Eric! What did you do?"
"What? Don't you like it?"
"I love it, but..."
"Until we have wedding rings, I thought it was a nice permanent commitment. Argent did it! Sebastian helped me with the letters."
"It... must have hurt."
"You have no idea. That's how much I love you," he said, kissing her on the forehead.”
― Liz Braswell, Part of Your World

“I had never seen an incomplete tattoo before and it seemed to me that it served as evidence that his life, like mine, was abruptly halted mid-way through.”
― Bradley Good, 113 Days

“For future reference, ink discussions involve showing. Mine are in spots that require lack of clothes.”
― Zoe Forward, Off Her Game

“That familiar look of attraction was in Lara’s eyes. Eyes that said if I didn’t hate you, I could love you.”
― Kelly Collins, Still the One

“The past is like a tattoo. Your life changes, but the tattoo is still there to remind you who you were and you forget who you are.”
― Clifford Thurlow, Operation Jihadi Bride: The Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS

“She virtually erased her mother from her life, giving herself a blank slate on which to write her life story.”
― Debi Tolbert Duggar, Riding Soul-O

“I ride with my tattoo of three red hearts, intertwined with barbed wire, emblazoned across my lower back, two birthdates delicately etched above each heart. The dates remind me of the day my life changed for the better with each child's birth. The larger heart anchors the two smaller ones, albeit with barbed wire, but anchors them securely to each other - a reminder that a mother's relationship with her daughters is sometimes thorny and sometimes smooth. Regardless of the heartache, she stands securely in between as the anchor, her daughters' her most treasured glory.”
― Debi Tolbert Duggar, Riding Soul-O

“If reputations were face tats, the world would be a better place.”
― Tim Heaton, Tetragrammaton: Cracking the Voynich Manuscript

“There is very little chance of getting an infection from a tattoo studio using standard precautions and sanitary practices. The majority of the time an infection is caused by improper aftercare.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“With the advanced information available today, there is no excuse for poor sanitation practices. Tattoo artists have an ethical and, in some areas, a legal responsibility to educate themselves, and be highly literate on the latest procedures and practices to ensure minimal risk to self and client.”
― Shelly Dax

“Grapefruits are inexpensive, readily available and have enough surface area to accomplish some nice designs. The skin of a grapefruit is easily punctured but tough enough to hold up to multiple needle passes. Tattooing grapefruits gives you valuable experience in the feel of the machine, strengthens your hand, aids in understanding needle depth and speed before you approach a real client. Bonus; you have a snack when you are done!”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“Even in two-dimensional works you can convey the sense of touching a variety of surfaces by using implied texture. You can use line, value, color, pattern and contrast to create simulated textures on flat surfaces.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“Contrast between textured areas and smooth areas in a tattoo can help direct the viewer’s eye to the most important elements. Highly textured areas will draw the eye and feel ‘closer’ to the viewer than areas with smooth or solid elements. Same goes for highly detailed areas vs. more blurred and soft areas.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“Emphasis is when we use art elements to accentuate a focal point or center of interest. This important principle helps us avoid things looking dull and muddled by giving the viewer a place to anchor their eyes temporarily.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“Emphasis is of particular importance in tattoo art because tattoos can tend to be jumbled along body parts, such as an arm sleeve, and thus difficult to “read”.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career

“When composition is good, you don’t really notice it, but you definitely notice when compositional elements are ignored. An artwork will seem unsuccessful or ‘wrong’ to you, even if you don’t know why.”
― Shelly Dax, The Tattoo Textbook: Escape the Grind, Do What You Love, and Launch Your Kick-Ass Tattoo Career