Richard Serra Quotes

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

Art is such a personal experience, I really try to make my own thing.

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

Good or bad, the one thing I can say about my art is, if I can quote Sinatra, I did it my way.

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

Janelle Monae, she has her own style, and it's specifically hers.

You develop a voice and a process that's unique to yourself.

My artistic manifesto exists in the world as poetry. So even though most of the things that I've done have been on other people's projects or could be pigeonholed in certain ways, that's not how I perceive myself.

The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.

All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.

I don't know, I really try not to pay attention to comparisons, 'cause I'm my own artist. I try to build my own sound.

You should do the sound that you want and not what others want.

I have never followed anyone's style of singing.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

I think it's really important to make things your own in your voice. I started when I was 23, and in the beginning of my career, there was this expectation of a young designer being edgier, cooler, more downtown. But I was never that person.

There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can't say that they like - that I have someone in mind that is like a creative direction of where I want to go as an artist. I think I'm just doing my own thing.

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.

Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.

I didn't want to feel like I was mimicking or copying someone else's performance, whether it's subconscious or not.