Kevin Parker Quotes

Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

For me, I prefer to work on my own. I feel like I can tap into a more genuine place, and I feel like my best stuff comes from writing on my own in my own zone.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

I think when you work alone - the way I do it, anyway - you could sort of liken it to painting, where there's sort of a one-on-one with the canvas.

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.

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 think everyone has the potential to be creative, but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

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

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's much better than acting is that it's just me. There's no director, no script - the concept is me, unless a client wants something.

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

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

My creativity is an entity unto its own.

When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider world, where colors are brighter, sounds clearer, and people more wondrously complex than we normally realize.

Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

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

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.