Alex Kapranos Quotes

Things don't happen in a vacuum, and artists don't make work in a vacuum.

My way of working was different years ago. I used to wait until an idea came to me. Now I go half-way to meet it, though I don't know whether I find it any the quicker.

If you're not creating, you're waiting.

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

I'm always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things.

My insights come in periods of working. There are wonderful moments of surprise, but I'm superstitious enough not to want to talk about them.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people and get the best out of them.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

I feel the way I always do about sequels. If there's an idea that excites me enough, and it feels like a way to do something new and fresh, then great. But I don't ever want to do a sequel just for the sake of doing a sequel.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

Sometimes a creative environment affects what happens within it.