Quotes About Creativity

French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.

People often ask us if we had direct influences. Honestly, just a lot of different music - not necessarily individual people. We listen to anything from Bob Dylan to Massive Attack to Aerosmith to En Vogue. We very much enjoy all that music.

As fantastic as it is to have 'Vogue' and 'Vanity Fair' as places to work, I don't often get to shoot the kind of things I like to photograph in the way I like to photograph.

I feel it would be a huge mistake for 'Vogue' always to be completely tasteful, completely perfect. I think it's very important for us to also rock the boat.

One of my favorite poses was when working with Steven Meisel. It was one of my first photo shoots with him, and we were trying to get the cover of Italian 'Vogue.' Then, I literally took my Balenciaga hat, pulled it down, and gave a rolling-eye, 'ugh' face, crossed legs on the floor. And lo and behold, that was the cover of Italian 'Vogue.'

'Vogue' celebrates plenty of women of substance.

I'm really excited to see my vision for the 'British Vogue' team come to fruition.

'British Vogue' is a great magazine with a legacy of creativity and innovation.

I'm always inspired by anything in 'Vogue,' anything that's been in 'Vogue.'

In 1990, when they asked me to shoot a cover for 'British Vogue' to convey my personal vision of a woman, I explained that I couldn't just photograph one single girl, because what I was looking for was a new purpose, and new feminine determination.

I wake up and I say to myself 'How can I delight Vogue?' and usually I succeed pretty quickly.

Amazon could also be the next Vogue, the next designer, the next WGSN.

It is the closest instrument to the human voice, and the things you can do on the cello... there are endless possibilities.

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

I don't really have the voice for love songs, do I?

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.

Video gives people a voice.

I'm not saying I'm even half as talented or a quarter as talented as any of the people I'm inspired by, but if I hear a beat Busta Rhymes would absolutely kill, I'll use my voice to do a flow similar to his.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

I gave my voice to poetry.