Kirsten Dunst Quotes

I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

While drawing, I discover what I really want to say.

The more wild experiences you have, the better songs you can write.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

I want to liberate my imagination and my mind with every kind of movie. That is what I wanted to do all my life.

Modeling isn't boring.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be at my most inventive.

Make good art.

Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.

It never gets boring for me because there's so many different things to explore in the studio. The studio's become the sanctuary that people have come in and found new things out about themselves, as weird as that sounds. But it's true, I'm no different. I've made some crazy hard records, and I've made a jazz album.

I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became an artist because I didn't know what to do and I thought it was really fun to make things.

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

You are always drawing from your personal life and using your imagination to fill in the blanks.