Amandla Stenberg Quotes

The moment we live in is a great time to make art. We have different technologies to play with, and we're left with the opportunity to focus on our work.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.

That's what I love more than anything, just creating.

You can’t control what other people think about your art. Think about the part of yourself that you can control, which is your ability to be kind and loving and creative.

Most people are afraid to trust their imaginations and the artist is not.

I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

We live in a world where art is always looked upon as the perfect medium. We live in a society where we can alter our body parts, we can act in the most perfect or right way. A lot of that is dangerous because, especially in the world of art, the chief enemy of creativity is being safe. If you're safe, you can't fall and hurt yourself. The older you are, the further down the crash is going to be. But if it works out, the higher the high.

Artists are free to push boundaries to make art. But when pushing boundaries is their only aim, the result is usually bad art.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

I love being creative in all forms.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.

Every man is an artist.