Edwidge Danticat Quotes

Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and tranquil as possible. The outer mind is like the surface of the sea. On the surface, the sea is full of waves and surges; it is all restlessness. But when we dive deep below, the same sea is all peace, calmness and quiet, and there we find the source of creativity.

A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.

A writer needs certain conditions in which to work and create art. She needs a piece of time; a peace of mind; a quiet place; and a private life.

Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls.

Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.

I can concentrate on my art.

I feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.

For me to be creative, I have to have peace.

I think the best mood for writing is a heavy feeling that's a little bit removed from you. Sometimes I feel very self-indulgent and bratty and ungrateful, and no good music comes out of that. But sometimes I can be really sad or have an excess of feeling yet somehow be able to see the big picture more.

Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude.

A creativity that comes out of meditative innocence, of meditative purity. And a real creator is possible only through meditation.

Real creativity comes only out of silence.

I have disciplined myself when I'm working. When I discovered art, I realized that one could keep that search going within creation. But I also realize that in order to create the art, you have to stay, you can't go too far.

I don't really know where I got my artists idea. The scraps of what I remember do not explain to me where it came from. I only know that by this time it was definitely settled in my mind.

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

I hold no emotions while I am in there... in there it is just calm and creative.

Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

The spirit of the music and the energy that kicks back from the fans inspires me. To stay centered amidst the chaos I meditate. I first meditated at age 17 and have continued off and on through the years.

I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people, listening to music.

When I'm sitting at my computer writing, I really have this fiendish smile on my face. I am not thinking about the past or the future or how it's going to be received. I feel that I'm very lucky that way; I don't carry that particular anxiety around with me. I'm not anxiety-free by any means, but that happens to be one that I've been spared.

I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it's going to shine. It's going to resonate.