Tavi Gevinson Quotes

Honesty works against you in the entertainment field. I try to be a journalist and a documentarian, but that doesn't mean that people are going to embrace it at the moment. The point is I'm leaving the mark of my hysteria and the political hysteria, and that's it... I can only do what I do.

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.

Writer's block is your self-critic getting in the way, because creativity will just flow otherwise.

I try to place what I creatively have to say above who I am.

All you can do as an artist is do what you think is an extension of you. You put down on paper ... who you are. That's what being an artist is all about. And when it gets done, you don't look back at it and say, Oh, I could have done that better.

Everyone sort of has that voice of self-doubt in their head, but as an artist, you relinquish your right to have that voice.

In any piece of art, the artist pours themselves into it. It becomes a reflection of who they are and what they believe. That's what it has to be. Otherwise it's just a product.

My parents encouraged me to be creative by being creative and interesting people themselves, and by making it clear how highly they valued creativity in others.

When I launched my channel, I felt I was ready to do this. It's not that I had learnt everything - because as an artiste you never stop learning, but I was ready to put out my voice in the world.

I actually think it doesn't even matter what age you are or what sex - though that does play into it sometimes - you always have to fight in any kind of creative world because nobody knows your own brain and your own creative ideas better than you do.

As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.

I write so much and I release so much music that I think I'm less precious about that stuff than a lot of people.

I'm now able to show who I am as an artist.

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.

I really like writing poetry and lyrics because it's one thing where I give up control. I don't feel like I need to be in control of it. I just sort of let it happen, and then I know when it's done. I know when it's finished.

I think an artist who has it in their heart to do or say something, they'll say it. It's not something that's mandatory, but it will come out.

I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.

I stick to what I do best, and I think what makes an artist an artist is when they know who they are.

As an artist, I often wonder what my purpose is or why I do what I do.

I always make music as an art - it's never been a product for me.

I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging those proclivities as well.

As an artist, what you do represents who you are. Coming from a genuine, honest place - that's what I'm trying to do.

As a filmmaker, if your personality is not reflected in your movies, then what are you doing, why are you making films?

That the best piece of art a person is capable of making is the one that only they could create.