Quotes About Creativity

A work of art, so far as it is a work of art, cannot - whatever the artist's personal intention - advocate anything at all.

The writers or artists I write about are not necessarily those I care most about (Shakespeare is still my favourite writer) but those whose work I feel has been neglected.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.

Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game.

That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work.

When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

I never forgive attacks on my work.

My life is a discipline, a prison: I live for my own work, without which I am nothing.

Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.

When you stop worrying about all the things that can go along with playing in a band and you let go and do it because it's fun to do, things seem to work.

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

I'd like to work with Outkast, I'd like to work with RZA, I'd like to work with Timbaland, York, a whole bunch of people.

When you work in film, you have to be pretty fluent in explaining your vision, especially when speaking to actors, and I found speaking to actors to be so challenging and intimidating on set.

I tend not to analyse my work, though I'm frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so.

If I work on a movie for two months, I should be able to dance on as many tables as I want to.

Improvisation helps because you get what's on the page and you make it a little more palatable to your tongue. And that's the beauty of creating and being spontaneous. That's the way I love to work.

I'm so inspired and stimulated by the work that it doesn't ever feel like work.

I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.

You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.

It's much easier to work with an unknown.

I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale.

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.

Everyone's different, but it was fun for me to work with Garth Hudson. He's from 'The Band.' They are a massive influence, that was a big thrill. He's completely out of his mind.