Floor Jansen Quotes

Till the time I found a creative outlet, I was trying to be extra creative at business, which would always put me in a situation of conflict with other stakeholders. The moment I started writing, my creative impulses were finally channelised.

It is essential for artistes to have that release of creativity, almost as necessary as eating food or drinking water.

I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.

The truth is, truly passionate media creators don't get into the media business to make huge gains from spectacular unicorn exits. When it happens, we certainly all cheer (and perhaps secretly hope it happens to us). But the fact is, we make media because we don't know what else to do with ourselves. It's how we're wired, so to speak.

I think there's a deep impulse in most humans to do creative stuff, whether that's music or art, photography or writing. Most people at some point in their life say they want to do something creative - they want to be an actor, a director, a writer, a poet, a painter or whatever.

If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit - if it's solving that part of your brain saying, 'I need to do this,' you've won.

My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.

Now my drug is writing or acting, being creative.

For me, working on original material is very important.

My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can see it, whether that's onstage or on the Internet or wherever. Just do the things that make you happy creatively, and then show them to people.

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.

It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.

This creating? It's my passion.

What is important is satiating my creativity as an artiste.

I've always been the person who has needed a creative outlet.

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.

When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release.

We're all kind of basically involved in the same thing, putting up a blank of some kind and filling it in.

I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to find other people out there with you.

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.

When I'm not writing, I feel an awareness that something's missing. If I go a long time, it becomes worse. I become depressed. There's something vital that's not happening.

I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.

I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished.

If I don't create, I don't exist.

When I get an artistic itch, I have to scratch it.