Annaleigh Ashford Quotes

Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

I've always had a love for making things my own.

I can tell you that I like to take a character where everyone may have an idea of what it's supposed to look like and go in a completely different direction with it. I like to make it my own and make it very personal to me, which will end up probably looking completely different than someone else's take on it.

You don't need personal fabrication in the home to buy what you can buy because you can buy it. You need it for what makes you unique, just like personalization.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

As far back as I can remember, I had an interest in fashion. I used to go to sleepaway camp, and they'd provide a list of things that you had to bring, and I always wanted to be a bit more creative than the list allowed. Like, if they required chinos, I wanted to hand-paint them.

What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80 years is yourself.

You custom make your own car, ain't nobody else driving that.

The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.

We personally don't try to follow industry trends or themes. We just try and make something that we think would be cool and we want to make.

I am a creative person.

Creative instinct is personal.

In the end, your creativity -- perhaps even your outrageousness -- will determine the final result.

I like the fact that I like to think out-of-the-box. Thinking out-of-the-box goes along with dressing out-of-the-box and living out-of-the-box. If you want to come up with a really original design idea and you want to capture a whole new design direction, perhaps the best way to arrive at that is not by acting and thinking and doing like everybody else. That's all.

Creativity, which is the expression of our originality, helps us stay mindful that what we bring to the world is completely original and cannot be compared.

A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.

We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of 'guess what's in the teacher's head?' What the world really needs to know right now is what kind of dreams and ideas are in your head.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.

Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way.

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

I just like doing things from my own head.