Quotes About Creativity

Singing makes me so happy and feeds my soul so much that I almost wouldn't want it to get tainted and become this work thing.

I would love to be one of the few artists that hits a point of success and can go back into the studio and make another album that matters and relates to people and not go back in and be super tainted by this whole thing.

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.

I remember playing with John Zorn and Ikue Mori in Taiwan in a school classroom. There were, like, 15 people there, maybe, and they were sitting at the classroom desks, and we played under the chalkboard. There's no difference between playing that and the 'download' festival.

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.

If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running.

There are people who take fashion at different levels, but personally, I'm just a kid with it.

A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

Art must take reality by surprise.

Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.

Networks are reluctant to take a chance. They put on shows that they know will work on some level, but to get the innovative show, it's very difficult.

I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think.

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides.

But if you have a point of view and you're an artist or a writer, it's kind of crazy to not take advantage of that, especially if you can do something that's entertaining as well. I've done a number of things like that over the years.

I've decided to take advantage of outsourcing. My next novel will be written by a couple of guys in Bangalore, India.

Being able to make work - if it's on your terms, and it's a good fit with the people who are supporting it - can be a very interesting exercise. When it doesn't work is when an artist just connects with a brand, and they try to take advantage of each other.