Zac Posen Quotes

I'm not gonna do the same, tired, standard 'I was born in a log cabin...' kind of book. There's so much more I want to do.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

Art has never been a popularity contest.

I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different.

I like to find things that are unconventional and make them look classic, because if I'm forcing something, you can just tell.

I know someone might look at a creative person's job and think it's pretty fun. It is. It's the best thing in the world, but it's also extremely challenging to carve out your own completely unique path and not following a default path that someone else has already paved.

My design philosophy has always been eclectic.

I think one of the studio's characteristics is to embrace wholeheartedly what we feel is interesting; what we perceive to be worthwhile, cool, or beautiful; and to place these ideals at the foundation of the games we make.

All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.

When I watch a show, I want to feel like it is coming out of someone's head, not out of a boardroom.

Art is such a personal experience, I really try to make my own thing.

Richie' will show a very unique style of storytelling to the audiences.

I always say that I'm a filmmaker, not a factory. I don't have to churn out films every six months.

I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying a truth that has been accepted.

People in the industry know that FTII students have a different and an honest approach towards work. The place gave me a voice and the ability to see things from a different perspective.

The works we do in Moooi are very diverse, very eclectic. That's how we like it.

My music is not like everybody gonna love it, it's really what I make of it.

We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's journey. It's a pretty amazing path.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

I think you have to have a real point of view that's your own. You have to tell it your way. And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a specific magazine's point of view because it's never going to be as good. You have to shoot for yourself and photograph [ the way] you believe it.

I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the problems with many photographers today is that they never see for themselves, but just like everybody else.

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.