John Galliano Quotes

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes. So I think that part of creativity is also falling in love with your own narcissism: accepting it, using it as an asset.

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!

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.

What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

To me that's what Jobs was about. He said at the end of the movie, 'When you realize that the world was created by people no smarter than you, your life will change.' That, to me, is a message for right now and people figuring out what they're going to do with themselves.

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

I keep rediscovering myself with every film. It is great to be doing that, it gives great satisfaction.

I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind.

To create something you must be something.

With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.

You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

I make films for the 16-year-old in myself sometimes.

There's a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.

The roles I think about and can't stop thinking about - on the subway, when I'm riding my bike, when I'm running - are the things I connect to.

People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason, I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I'm different.

Boredom means you develop your own interior life.