Brad Feld Quotes

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.

People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and this goes on to the end. And after all, what can we call our own, except energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favor.

Advice for young people who want to channel their personality into creative work - be authentic.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.'

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it comes to a performance.

Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.

It's easy to get anonymous people to hate you. Have an opinion. Be creative. Be yourself.

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.

It's hard work to find your own voice and not to copycat anything.

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.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Don't imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

I am always updating and coming up with something fresh, whether it's a colour, a trend, or a design, as my uncle always taught me to be unique and different.

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

It's like everybody try to sound the same exact way because they think it's going to get them some fame, but nah. You've got to be different.

The best way to be original is to be yourself.

There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is you. If you decide not to make things, all you've done is deprive the world of all the stuff that only you could have brought to it.

Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

I dont ever want to do anything mediocre. I hear the music in the charts and I dont mean to be rude, but those people have no soul. Learning from music is like eating a meal - you have to pace yourself. You cant take everything from it all at once. I want to be different, definitely. Im not a one trick pony. Im at least a five-trick pony.

Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty.