Flume Quotes

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

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

It's so important to me that I feel like I'm doing something that's never been done before, whether that's in the show, or I'm writing a song. I can exist in this little box here, but I have to do something new with it.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

When Wes has a new a project, you know that it's going to be something as different as the previous was from the previous one. Each time, he tries to take you to a country, or a land that is unknown for you and for him, and reinvent this land. That's what he did with 'Darjeeling,' with 'Mr. Fox,' with 'Moonrise Kingdom.'

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

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

You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

My sensibilities are like, 'I want it to be weirder.'

It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

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

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.

It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.