Quotes About Creativity

I'm a great looker at pictures and paintings, and so forth. That's what I look for - a kind of formal beauty. I want that in my photography. It isn't always what we conventionally think of as beauty.

I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon about ratios and pull-downs.

When I was young, I felt my talent lay in photography, not movies.

Growing up, I loved looking at the photos in my mother's old Betty Crocker cookbook: the chocolate cakes, the cookie house, even the cheese balls and fondues.

I love to take, process and share photos - it fills me up.

Imgur is all about images, some of which may be photos but don't have to be.

It was the early Seventies, and I discovered makeup by going through my mother's fashion magazines. I fell in love with the photos, the models, the fashion.

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.

I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos... I don't know why.

I don't have a favorite photo. As a photographer, I have attachments to each image. Not the one photo: the experience of getting the photos is the challenge or the thing.

I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.

Instagram is great for us because it's encouraging people to shoot more stuff. Some of those snappers will become professional, and they may choose to sell their photos through us.

Using the correct apps can completely change how your photos look. It's really exciting because once you've already taken a good photo, it can become 10 times better if you use the right combination of apps. My favorites are VSCO Cam, Afterlight, Facetune and SKRWT.

It never occurred to me that there were so many wonderful photos that had been orphaned and were out there in the world, waiting to be found. Over time, I found a lot of very strange pictures of kids, and I wanted to know who they were, what their stories were. Since the photos had no context, I decided I needed to make it up.

Our goal is to allow people to use whatever app they want to get photos into 'Instagram'.

I'm always taking behind-the-scenes photos and stuff.

I'm kind of selective of the people that I take photos of. Like, I don't take pictures of just my friends, but I do like taking pictures of just some of my close mates, especially out in L.A.

I think, in general, models tend to do their favorite faces or their comfortable face, but your facial expression is just so important. You don't want to have an editorial of 20 photos where it's just you giving a 'Zoolander' face.

I love creating art, whether it's with photos, my own body, or clothes.

I have equal parts film and digital cameras in my collection. I think that there are ways to Photoshop photos so that they look like you shot them on film, but is that as rewarding? It just depends on the person.

The computer has played a role in destroying creativity with the Photoshop. Everybody thinks they're a designer.

I believe Photoshop is in some way the contemporary darkroom, the creative area that all photographers have available today.

Sometimes I'll jot a clever turn of phrase down. Sometimes I'll just remember it.

'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.