Shahzia Sikander Quotes

In art, anything goes, and if it goes, it goes.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.

A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

I think one of the things about creativity is not to be afraid of saying the wrong thing.

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

I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

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

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

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.

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

Definition is the death of discovery.

I just want to be able to be creative.

There are no rules in art.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

I never got tied down to any social scene. I was just into creating stuff. And I think, even today, that's how I'm able to work and move between so many different genres - I want to be part of what's happening, I want to make new things.

There's no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

I go wherever my creativity takes me.