Kanye West Quotes

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

This was my motto: 'Don't come up with routine stuff.'

You can think of creativity as applied imagination.

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

There is no off position on the genius switch.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

I never liked to copy things that are out there. I always like to come up with something new, something different.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

It's so important to me that I feel like I'm doing something that's never been done before, whether that's in the show, or I'm writing a song. I can exist in this little box here, but I have to do something new with it.

Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness.

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

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.

What entrepreneurs and artists have in common is that they give the world something it didn't know it was missing.