Andre Aciman Quotes

It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.

What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to and I see another movie I want to make.

Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.

Many creative people are finding that creativity doesn't grow in abundance, it grows from scarcity - the more Lego bricks you have doesn't mean you're going to be more creative; you can be very creative with very few Lego bricks.

A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.

That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.

Those who lose dreaming are lost.

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.

I don't know what the creative process is. I don't know how to trick it into starting or how to egg it on.

Artists are supposed to stay hungry.

You never know where you're going to get inspiration.

Sometimes, you don't know where your inspiration's going to come from.

Nothing is not only nothing. It is also our prison.

I don't know anything about inspiration because I don't know what inspiration is; I've heard about it, but I never saw it.