Creativity Quotes

"I do want to get more involved with clothing, TV shows, movies."

"I've been painting all my life, and I'm serious about it. I use it as more or less an outlet."

"For each project I do, I try to surprise myself, do the unexpected, and change my own status quo."

"The idea of designing something that is like something else is incredibly uninteresting and boring."

"The first idea is always the best."

"My parents were definitely encouraging with creativity."

"For 'Dragon Quest IX,' one of the biggest things was being able to create your own character and your party members, too."

"I just keep recording. You never know what you'll come up with."

"I did a song in eight minutes. I thought everybody could write songs that fast. But working with a lot of them, they don't."

"One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another."

"Of course you can't do anything completely original."

"It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10."

"I wrote my first play when I was eight. It was about a queen, and I - of course! - was the queen."

"I constantly want to do something new and surprise the audience."

"Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society."

"When some artistes give a hit song, they keep repeating themselves in the same genre. I always try to create something new."

"I think that Zappa intentionally made his music weird, but did it with intelligence."

"I'm going to keep making clothes, I'm going to do more movies, and I'm always going to rap."

"My sound is inventive."

"I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision."

"I never have a plan of what I am going to draw."

"There should be no borders, race, colours, or ethnical considerations when it comes to music and creativity."

"I have learned to create from a hybridized point of view. It's an asset - something rather liberating."

"When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that."

"Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts."