Creativity

“prose is toil, while poetry is play”

“As an artist, it is my work to create life and not to destroy.”

“It felt like alchemy, converting black to gold.”

“Yo comencé a cantar en medio de la gente hasta que Agustín notó mi voz.”

“I always paint without a model, because being a conceptual painter, being a painter whose interest is in ideas, the model gets in the road.”

“So we pulled a tricky stunt.”

“You play with it and you go with it and you join up with the character and you make somebody that is full and complete.”

“Think big. Think differently. Think fast. Think ahead. Aim for the best.”

“Kad čovjek prestane eksperimentirati i tražiti se, to već ide loše – postaje tromiji.”

“My poetry begins for me where certainty ends.”

“I don't use storyboards, but the opening montage of Aliwan was supposed to look like a commercial.”

“Better to not put out a record if you don't have a good idea.”

“I rely on the public to stimulate me and bring out the best.”

“I want to tell them to see films here [pointing to his heart—ed.] because I make films thinking that way.”

“Only the Institute stood like a beacon in its attempt to create an atmosphere where creativity could hope to flourish.”

“Poetry is a never-ending task.”

“I don't want my accent, my temperament, my narrative style to be compromised to fit into a mold of the Hollywood type.”

“The music is never fixed. A raga is almost like a melodic being. You have to breathe life into it, and every rendition, every performance, may be different.”