Quotes About Creativity

I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.

I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.

Have confidence, do your own thing, find your talent, and work at it to be the best. And always, always have fun!

I was going through a break up. I was depressed... I really did need to do something. Recording an album was a great escape. I don't know what would have happened if I wouldn't have started to work.

The whole Gorillaz concept is one for mavericks; it's a way for people who never have a chance to work together being able to ally behind the cartoons.

In today's work arena, creativity may be more of an asset than competence.

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can't rely on thinking "Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch." You've got to try to work on the words.

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

I know that an author must be brave enough to chop away clinging tentacles of good taste for the sake of a great work. But this is no great work, you see.

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.

The fact that few painter-fine-artists used photography in their work made it appealing.

[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work.

Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch.

perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.

I never understand how writers can succumb to vanity - what you work the hardest on is usually the worst.

I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

Public work does not cut into personal creativity. They are streams from the same river but with different destinations.

I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political work in the streets.

Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I've begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead of me.