Manolo Blahnik Quotes

I love being able to create something from the page and bring it to life.

Creativity is an ode to life. It is not a form of entertainment. It is a form of joy.

I'm always in awe of people who are artists in their fields - people who understand that simply by taking ideas and translating them into reality, they've created value in the world.

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense.

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something with my readers. The whole idea of writing is this place where you lose control, where you're irresponsible - it's a very liberating place.

To me, writing and composing are much more like painting, about colors and brushes; I don't use a computer when I write, and I don't use a piano. I'm at a desk writing, and it's very broad strokes and notes as colors on a palette.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

Sometimes I can see the whole painting from the outset in my mind's eye. But more often than not, that idea doesn't last the duration of the painting. Sometimes it comes out easy, just as I had envisaged. But that is reasonably rare.

When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.

I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?

There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.

I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

I am like a folk painter. Paint and move ahead.

All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists.

When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.