Ann Demeulemeester Quotes

Trying to force creativity is never good.

I think when you're being creative, you still attach it to reality somehow.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

Of course creativity is a mystery. We don't know what drives it or what constitutes it. It's one of those things, like genius, you know it when you see it but it's impossible to define.

Imagination decides everything.

I think sometimes with new characters, you can kind of hit a creative valley, and it's important to recognize when you're in that valley so you can get back out and get back to that peak.

I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.

When I begin working on a production, I don't really think about my previous album or albums. I try to have a real creative process.

I think you always win in storytelling when you let the best creative ideas guide you.

I just don't think it's good to be around too much creative energy other than your own.

One of the biggest turnoffs is being presented with an idea that's already, to a degree, complete. That's not an adventure, and it's not a learning experience. It's more of a chore. Then you become a technician with taste, as opposed to an explorer and an author.

When I find stuff that's interesting, I try to get a hold of it so that when I do need to make something really cool, I have it on hand.

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.

The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. That's actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for writer's block, but it's actually just part one of a long process.

I would say any creative person has that: you can't just force a topic. Whether you're a painter, you want to do a cartoon. Anything. Something may come up that's not your style or suited to what you are working on at the moment. So you file it away and hopefully find a place for it.

Beware of direct inspiration. It leads too quickly to repetitions of what inspired you.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

I hate the word 'rendering,' as it equates to 'pouring concrete' on ideas that demand continuing dialog. 'Trade secrets' imply hoarding of knowledge.

God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!