Matthew Williamson Quotes

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

I just want to be able to be creative.

To create one must be able to respond. Creativity is the ability to respond to all that goes on around us, to choose from the hundreds of possibilities of though, feeling, action, and reaction and to put these together in a unique response, expression or message that carries moment, passion and meaning. In this sense, loss of our creative milieu means finding ourselves limited to only one choice, divested of, suppressing, or cendoring feelings and thoughts, not acting, not saying, doing, or being.

Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something is coming from nothing.

I knew naturally as a child not to forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid out for me. I'll look at everything around me and vow to keep in mind that alla this is just someone's idea. It could have just as well been mine.

Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act.

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

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

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

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.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

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

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

It is always possible to create something original.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.

Actually, everything has been said in print... it's a battle of giants and it's something that Walt would say is none of your business - go right on and create the best you can.

Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it could produce.

I'm a creator at heart.

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.