Quotes About Creativity

A song cannot be a gimmick as it requires talent and hard work. But if it is placed wrongly, then it can be called that way.

I don't look at it as, 'Oh, I'm gonna keep making beats, and I'm gonna do that until I die.' But that's how some people look at it - gonna just keep making beats, get placement after placement.

I never really wanted to be an artist. I just really wanted to write songs. But, of course, I can't get placement unless I demo the songs.

I like going to Burning Man, for example. An environment where people can try new things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What's the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world.

The music always takes us to different places. We'll just continue to play and see what doors open from there.

The architecture scene in China is the most open and free climate compared to many other places. You can find many opportunities.

Sometimes the best ideas will come in the least inspiring places.

I get inspired from all different kinds of places - cartoons, comic books, movies and things like that.

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore.

All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.

I love to come to L.A. because it's one of the most inspiring places because there are no rules.

I think jokes can actually go to places that drama can't.

Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better.

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

In many senses, creativity and 'plagiarism' are nearly indivisible.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

I've watched my mom take a plain piece of paper and create something beautiful out of it, and I think that kind of manifested for me in taking a character from the page and bringing that to life.

A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.

When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.

Everybody likes to see a good soft-shoe dance and a song to go with It, but how often do you see It? It's a lost art, just plain hoofing, and I've never heard of anybody who didnt enjoy doing it or watching it.