Jason Silva Quotes

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.

Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

It's a great challenge and a wonderful journey how to figure out how to be an artist and to carve my way.

Transcendence constitutes selfhood.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

The only intention I've ever had creatively, as a musician, is to be as different from myself as possible.

I might not ever fully know who I am, but I also believe that I could be whoever I want, whenever I want.

There is no fixed, true and real person inside of you or me, precisely because being a person necessarily implies becoming a person, being in process.

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

i can become a new woman every day until i like the woman i become, then i can become her for a while, if not forever!

The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own identity, and to find meaning in what he creates.

You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it

Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.