Quotes About Creation

For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to conquer. I just sit quietly for a few years, and then it starts to become something.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I rarely, if ever, had another book in mind while I was writing the previous book. Each book starts from ashes, really.

I think everything starts with an idea. No matter how crazy it is, you should always try to bring it to life.

I have this passion for building things, so I always wanted to build a startup. I always wanted to start my own company.

I think my gift lies in being a startup entrepreneur and creating environments and experiences.

We are already seeing the creation of a new kind of network based on friendships: Startups, which are often founded by friends, are the beginning of something that could reshape social relations.

Sperm is a bandit in its pure state.

The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.

I was in a state of gnawing, sensuous agitation that excited continually both blood and nerves when I sketched out the music for 'Tannhauser' and brought it to completion.

Making something good and saying something brilliant are not two things. When you make your own statement, there is a higher energy level, and you do better painting.

There's no palette as rich as a garden. And the intensity of it - I make this statement all the time: You can't plan nature; you court her.

I don't view my memory as accurate or static - and, in autobiographical fiction, my focus is still on creating an effect, not on documenting reality - so 'autobiographical,' to me, is closer in meaning to 'fiction' than 'autobiography.'

I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.

I always thought about 'Station to Station' as an approach. It was about creating an alternative platform for culture where different mediums could co-exist.

The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me.

Calling one thing 'literature' and another 'fiction' is a way to create status where there is none.

I fell in love with New York. I moved here 25 years ago in 1984 after I lived in Paris for six years. In the 1980s, it was the place to be. Here I was able to create NARS, which I would not have been able to create if I stayed in France.

Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important.