Quotes About Creativity

just because something had never been done before did not mean it could not be done.

The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.

So blissful in taking this time for creating all things blossoming new on the horizon ... album, baby & beautiful music to come.

I don't see makeup as a defense. I see it as a creative outlet. I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage--and at times I feel extremely weak. And who's to say a little mascara doesn't make you feel more confident when you pop it on and look in the mirror? It helps, especially in my position, where I have people waiting down the street to take pictures of me so they can evaluate and criticize every little flaw on my face.

Not to say that music today doesn't have heart, but it's really few and far between because technology has advanced itself so much that anybody can be a singer. Back in the day, you had to know how to sing.

I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

For me the visual is just as important as the music.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

That's my little secret, Christina," he says. "I am always painting myself.

Christina Baker Kline

He frowns. "Sure is strange looking. Doubt I could sell it if I tried.

I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.

You can always fix crap. You can't fix a blank page.

If asked to make a drawing, little girls almost always create scenes with at least one person, while males nearly always draw things—cars, rockets, or trucks.

For me, there is no separation. Writing is the center… But it's all critical.

I'm a total protein shake junkie nerd. I get creative every morning - you never know what you're gonna get in my shake... fruit? Peanut butter? Ice-cream?

It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure aside and just let the creativity flow and see what came out.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

When wombats do inspire/I strike my disused lyre

She knows that soon she will have escaped into the world of the people better than us, the great objective world better than Shakespeare and Beethoven and Donatello put together—didn't they all come out of it?

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what you need done and let them surprise you