Nicola Formichetti Quotes

I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from the place where you write. The domestic rituals and details somehow kill the imagination. They kill the demon in me.

When I got my first loft, I still didn't know what I was going to paint... There were long stretches when I just sat there and thought without interruption.

I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

There's no writer's block; there's only distraction.

I would never refuse a film or do a film for a certain amount of money.

Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.

I'm a long distance runner, and I get my best ideas when I'm out running. It also helps that I can't write it down immediately - if you hold onto an idea, other things will stick on it.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.

I start a picture and I finish it.

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause I get to make up the stories.

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I can't really listen to the music. I'm not really concentrating on it, and I'm not really concentrating on the painting.