Jenna Blum Quotes

In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I like to be in locations that I kind of feel are very creative, that stimulate me in a creative process.

I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

Agitation gives birth to creation.

Whatever colors you have in your mind, I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine.

I'm 44 now; I feel better than I did when I was 34. I've got more clarity now. I wake up in the morning, and I write my blog, and then I go upstairs, and I work on music. And I do that every day. That's what I do. I don't check in once a week and think, "Oh, I've gotta come up with something now." I'm always writing. I was just in a coffee shop in Chelsea last night, just killing time, waiting for a friend, and I sat and wrote enough for three good songs. I love it. This is my life. It's all I do.

I have a horror of silence while I'm writing. It's like the universe is howling at me if I don't have it.

I'm just working with ideas in my head and with drawings that the artists did. And suddenly to see these things come to life in movies - it's just wonderful.

In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.

A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.

Friends open the door for me to write. Then I get paid attention to and it allows me to write other books. The Great Spring and the thirtieth anniversary of Bones just came out and while I'm happy and excited about that, I've already finished a new book. That's what practice does. You don't get caught.

As you work, the mood grows on you. There are certain images which suddenly get hold of me and I really want to do them. But it's true to say that the excitement and possibilities are in the working and obviously can only come in the working.

You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration

Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie

Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?

Sometimes I see movies and I get almost angry - because I'm like, I can never make that movie. It stems from a jealousy, but from a good kind of jealousy. It's inspirational.

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.

I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an engineering problem.

When things get tough... Make good art.

If life ever stops inspiring us to write, it's time to stop doing what we do.

I was feeling miserable physically, in a lot of pain to the point where it was almost crippling me, especially creatively. I decided to take that and use it as an inspiration for getting out of bed and making something again.