Quotes About Creativity

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And all the subject matter was all the same because I hadn't actually done much.

All of our columnists have areas of interest and expertise that they will return to frequently, but the subject matter of any given column is up to them.

A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it. The craft of it is really more important than the subject matter.

'Sit Here and Cry' was one of the first songs I wrote with that overdramatic sarcastic dry sense of humor, which is why the energy of the song doesn't necessarily reflect the subject matter.

Rogers and Hammerstein were such a genius pair. They were able to touch on subject matter so far ahead of its time.

I often photograph something as if the subject matter was realistic, but it is actually a fantasy.

What provides you with subject matter is your own language - and that's all.

It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues.

Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.

People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song.

What genres are good for is being like, 'Here are the parameters. Here's something about the way it's going to make you feel. And here's something about the subject matter.'

Any director who's willing to be brave not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of being emotional and moving you is what inspires me.

I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter, country melodies and simple chord changes.

Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.

Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

Art is subjective and, as an artiste, if our artistic work is not appreciated by the majority, it hurts.

Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful.

If you make a record, you should ask yourself, 'Did it make someone cry, in a good way, not a bad way?' There should almost be subjective emotional criteria for evaluating work, instead of just profitability.

Defining art is huge; I feel like it's such a subjective thing. It's more like what's not art. You know what I mean? I think there can be an art in the way people live their lives, and art can be a gift someone gives to somebody.

Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.

I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is where the artist had complete freedom.