Kehlani Quotes

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail

Arrogance generally is a bad thing, but with a band, somehow you have to have this gang mentality or this certain degree of arrogance to push forward an idea that's new enough that people aren't comfortable with it at first.

What entrepreneurs and artists have in common is that they give the world something it didn't know it was missing.

Creativity has got to have some edge to it, doesn't it?

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.

I always imagine, and try to be on the lookout, for new things, for references that can inspire me creatively so I can showcase things that people haven't done before or that are new.

I'm a creative person, and I'm gonna be creative, so whoever's upset because of that, that's too bad.

Creativity involves putting your imagination to work. In a sense, creativity is applied imagination.

Creativity, which is the expression of our originality, helps us stay mindful that what we bring to the world is completely original and cannot be compared.

Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

Trust your creativity.

To be creative you actually have to do something.

Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.

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

There's no such thing as a cautious creative.

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.

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.'

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.