Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Expression Quotes
ApproachabilityConnectionCraftDialogueExpression Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.
ExpressionFreedomImpactMusicSociety I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
ArtCreativityExpressionPhotographyPoetry Making poetry with a camera - that's the essence of what I do.
ArtCreativityEmotionExpressionResilience Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.
CensorshipExpressionFreedom of SpeechMediaPolitics A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.
ArtistryAuthenticityCreativityExpressionMessage Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things.
CommunicationCreativityExpressionSocial MediaTechnology For me, the most fascinating interface is Twitter. I have odd cosmic thoughts every day and I realized I could hold them to myself or share them with people who might be interested.
CommunicationExpressionIntentionPersonal ConnectionWriting Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.
ComplexityExpressionInquiryKnowledge I think that the world is very complex. I think that the movie is a good way to ask questions. To give answers, you would write a lot of books.
ArtCreativityExpressionLiteratureSound I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.
CreativityExpressionRights Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.
ConnectionCreativityEmpathyExpressionUnderstanding No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
ArtCreativityExpressionPainSuffering Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.
CommunicationExpressionImaginationThought Process I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.
AuthenticityExpressionInfluenceMusicPerseverance As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
ArtCreativityDiversityExpressionMusic I think there will be a song for everyone on every album that I do.
CourageExpressionFreedom of ThoughtIndependenceSelf-Confidence The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
Color PerceptionCreativityDecision MakingExpressionIdentity If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
CreativityEducationExpressionInfluenceLiterature At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
ArtCreativityEmpathyExpressionPersonal Growth When I write, it's like choosing which shoes I'm going to put on. More often than not, my lyrics are personal - but I sometimes have to put myself in other people's shoes.
CommunicationCreativityExpressionManifestationPositivity You can speak something into existence or sing something into existence.
CourageCreativityExpressionFreedomOppression Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?
ArtExpressionMetaphysicsNatureReality Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
CreativityExpressionFreedomInnovationRebellion I'm breaking so many rules every single day, and I think that's where you make good music.
ArtExpressionImaginationLiteraturePhilosophy A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.