Nicholas Kristof Quotes

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

The arts open your heart and mind to possibilities that are limitless. They are pathways that touch upon our brains and emotions and bring sustenance to imagination. Human beings' greatest form of communication, they walk in tandem with science and play, and best describe what it is to be human.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Modeling isn't boring.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Music. It's all creativity right here, right now.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Hospital'. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Pablo Picasso'. I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.

If I were to try and find a unifying emotion that kept me calm and focused while I was dancing or writing or solving a math problem, I think the one unifying thing about all those that keeps my interest is creativity.

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

The visionary imagination is the source of art and religion.

I am a very curious person, not just about my life in music. I love arts and creativity.

I think when you're being creative, you still attach it to reality somehow.

With soccer, I have the ability to do things differently. That is why I admire Leonardo da Vinci. He was able to create things other people wouldn't believe in.

Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better.

It's not about the names or the faces: it's about the music we are creating.