Quotes About Creativity

People like to put music and art up against the dehumanizing character of commerce and business corporations.

I'm part of the fashion system, but I don't want to follow all the rules. I don't want to be contrarian - I just want to do my own things, which are most honest and correct to do.

I would always pick pop songs and would sing them even if they were not correct for the audition - which didn't always get me a lot of jobs, but sometimes they did.

I've been singing since I could talk correctly.

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

As a child, I had always wanted to know what lay at the end of a corridor or behind a door in a picture, so I did a floorplan and elevations of Angelina's house and learned my way around it. The idea was that children should start to feel at home in it.

When we talk about books, we rarely talk about the economic side of writing, especially of writing literary works, and that, at base, it's a pretty costly enterprise.

The No. 1 thing you have that costs nothing is your imagination: role play.

Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion.

We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.

I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'

I wanted to prove to people that I can make great costumes.

Sometimes I just do costumes, sometimes I just do fashion, and sometimes I blend the two.

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.

When I was little, my mom made all of my costumes.

I started writing books and making clothes for my dolls when I was around 10 as a way of making my reality exciting. When I went out to play with friends, I always arranged elaborate sets and costumes.

My mum was an art teacher, so we used to have fantastic dressing-up costumes when we were little.

Going to the conventions, seeing the incredible amount of love that people put into their clothing, costumes, gadgetry, and art of all kinds, is a huge treat for me.

I always liked dressing up. I think, because I always liked performing, I always liked costumes and things like that.

I love that I am being offered films but I just couldn't do the 'cotton sari-strong woman' role again. As an artiste, there is nothing more I can offer there.

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.

No one in my family is in show business, unless you count dog shows as show business.

A lot of people don't do this. You can count on a couple of hands probably how many artists also produce and write, both for themselves and for others, and are able to be successful at both things.