Ben Silbermann Quotes

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

I love creating things that come from my gut and my soul.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

I believe your home tells a story about who you are and who you aspire to be. We represent ourselves through the things we own. I don't believe in trends. I believe in collecting things that you connect with. We should surround ourselves with things we care about, that have meaning.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level.

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

Art is my life and my life is art.

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

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person.

The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.

We're all going to keep telling love stories, we're all going to tell hero stories. It's all a question of what your own thumbprint, your own DNA, is, and what it brings to the table that makes it unique.

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you feel cursed with it.

If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.

My work is intensely personal.

Art is spiritual.

Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that's about imagination. When you look at Picasso, that's about imagination. Doing stuff from your heart.

I always write about what interests me.