Shawn Crahan Quotes

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.

If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.

A lot of companies talk about letting creative lead, but Chanel actually does let it lead.

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.

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’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

He lives with his creativity in high gear.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

Make something new, and define territory that's never been. I fall in love with shows because I've never see that before. I fall in love with new vocabularies.

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?