Creative Strength Quotes

Thinking differently is my strength.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

Our band has always been really big on imagery. We've kind of used that as one of our strengths; we tend to do that pretty well.

I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I can build upon that voice, which is ultimately very much mine.

Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent.

I know I'm really good at writing for the theater. I can deny it all I want. Other people can fight me on it. It doesn't really matter. It's the thing I happen to know is my gift.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

I'm very strong creatively, in my music.

That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.

I am seeing a resurgence of entertainment that not only entertains, but inspires, evokes, and moves. I am seeing strength in the ability of artistic expression to change our future.

All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.

I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength is.

I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

I struggled academically in high school because it was hard to focus. It was hard to focus on those things that were other than artistic stuff.

Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the strength to move on from adversity in my work.

Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.

I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.

Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing what's out there to begin with.

I've felt real pain, and sometimes I channel the exhale coming out of that to write, and those are the songs that give me the most power and the most strength.

In a studio context, the music becomes greater than the sum of its parts. When you have collaboration, you have other people's strengths that I don't share, so my song can get stronger.

I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

Any medium can only live up to the strengths of the people working in it. If it's been used to tell bad or boring stories, it's not a problem with comics; it's a problem with the writers of those comics.

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

If I had to compare myself to another artist, I wouldn't. I feel like my lyrics are really strong. I'm good at painting pictures and telling picture stories.

Moviemaking is just really neat, and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but in terms of my role in all of this and in terms of the gift that God has given me, I had to come to the conclusion that my strength is as a storyteller, creating the story.