Shigeru Miyamoto Quotes

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

Art is such a personal experience, I really try to make my own thing.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

And I think I have a distinct voice.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

I'm part of the fashion system, but I don't want to follow all the rules. I don't want to be contrarian - I just want to do my own things, which are most honest and correct to do.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

Everyone takes pictures, so you need to have your own opinion.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

Janelle Monae, she has her own style, and it's specifically hers.

You develop a voice and a process that's unique to yourself.

If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we'll stand or fall on whatever we did.

All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

I just like to see and put out what I think is beautiful. And put my swag on it, and my style, and how I feel.

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

I knew naturally as a child not to forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid out for me. I'll look at everything around me and vow to keep in mind that alla this is just someone's idea. It could have just as well been mine.

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.

I am an artist who's just tryin' to do something different, and basically not caring about everybody's opinions and wanting to follow what everybody else is doing. At the same time, I know when to be serious, but I know when to joke.