Ellie Goulding Quotes

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.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

Honestly, without art and dance, I think I would be a very safe, black-and-white thinker. I wouldn't dare to take any risks or see so much of the world in myself and other people!

Everything I make starts very personally.

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!

Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.

I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living.

I think everyone has the potential to be creative, but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.

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.

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.

If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.

Complicated feelings are fertile soil for creative ideas.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

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.

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.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.

Victorville gave me opportunity to go inside and explore my imagination a bit.

The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.

It's so fun to make up stories, but I find that the songs that I'm most proud of came from a real thing in my life - 'Peter Pan' being one of those.

Your dreams are what define your individuality. They have the power to give you wings and make you fly high.

My all-time favorite TED talks are Brene Brown's 'The Power of Vulnerability' and Sir Ken Robinson's 'Do Schools Kill Creativity.'