Steve Jobs Quotes

Rational thoughts never drive people's creativity the way emotions do.

Everything we've ever done has been for artistry's sake, and for the greater good and paying homage to those who came before us and paving the way for those who come after us.

The richest source of creation is feeling, followed by a vision of its meaning.

Moment to moment, I'm very much just feeling and trying to synthesize what I'm taking in so it can come out musically. I'll continue to do that. I'm also someone who really likes to push themselves into new situations with new people and try to learn from them. I will be very happy to continue doing that, if people let me.

I can understand when people copy people of the past and make the future their own.

I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing.

Soul is a colourless thing. I don't think you have to be a black person to be automatically soulful. I respect Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake; they do what they do. For me, my philosophy has always been 'contribution before competition.'

Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.

I find N.Y. very inspiring; there is an amazing energy and flow of creativity in N.Y. like nowhere else.

I am so excited to have created a line that has been inspired by my culture - showing its color, its passion and its greatness - and one that captures much of my personal style.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

The idea of stopping is not unmeaningful to me. I think there might be a time when, in theory at least, you'd say, 'Well I've mostly done what I want to do.' But how could you ever prevent a few years down the line some germ of an idea getting at you and you've got to do it again?

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

The people that impress me are Bob Dylan. The ones who keep working, year in and year out, and keep coming up with stuff.

You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We're amazing people.

I want to be remembered for the good work that I've done, for the positive work, and as somebody who was innovative and who people enjoyed.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

Looking back now, if I went to film school, it probably would have helped knowing what the best of the best of foreign films were, but that wasn't the case. In some ways, I think that led to my originality, because I hadn't seen anybody else.

What entrepreneurs and artists have in common is that they give the world something it didn't know it was missing.

You can't buy vision, and you can't buy aesthetic.

I love creating things that come from my gut and my soul.

It's not necessarily all about commercial success. It's about inspiring in the world and having what you do seen as art and a contribution to the world.

I truly believe that everyone can be creative; you just need to find your form of expression.

Songwriting has become such a big part of what I do that emotions and the melodies that accompany them blur into one.

Music is all about creativity.