Kirstin Maldonado Quotes

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.

There are different sides to me; I wanted to make a personal film but I would not want to make any film that does not reflect me in it. At least, not right now. I'm just too young to be doing that.

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

I hope people start to look at their lives as the most powerful, creative act they will ever offer this world.

A lot of people who have gone to music school have gotten their individuality stomped out of them. It becomes harder to find those instincts.

Where he tells you exactly how he views the world - just very straight Kanye, honesty that definitely gets your creativity and strong opinions out on the floor. I think it helped me find myself.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Maybe I'm too selfish to just be a producer. Also, I feel like I have something to say that's interesting or unique.

I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken... Being in the studio, I have to have an opinion.

I see a skill developing of writing about not just feelings that I'm feeling, but things that I deeply care about as well.

I did get a reputation for being choosy and not very easy to be approached, and none of that is true. It is not that I am not approachable, it is just that I am trying to find myself and establish who I am as an artist.

Who isn't difficult? I'm difficult as an artist.

I think when you start changing things, you're not being yourself.

I try to do different things, beautiful things, to play the game the way I see it, and I think I'm doing it pretty well.

Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.

You are the artist and the art.

We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.

...Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenager—and even when you're older—lots of people will try to tell you what to think and feel. Try to stand still inside all of that and hear your own voice. It's yours and only yours, it's unique and worth of your attention, and if you cultivate it properly, it might just make you a writer.

Many things that come into the world are not looked into. The individual says 'My crowd doesn't run that way.' I say, don't run with crowds.