Maurice de Vlaminck Quotes

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.

I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.

I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.

The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

Rock is all about writing your own script; it's all about pioneering.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.

Tradition is the great misleader because it's too easy to follow what has already been done - even though you may think you're giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated, and I thought, 'You know, I can do this myself.' That was more important than anything else.

I am a poet; I am not a worker. I need to be free.

I have no restrictions, no limits, no musical history to live with.

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.

My early experiences in animation taught me that following someone else is not a great idea.

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.

I know, people have had different things to say about Marvel, about how creatively free they are or not free they are, but for me, the rule has always just been stay as good as I can possibly be, and stay one step ahead of the curve, and stay unique, and stay myself. And they seem to like that.

That joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave.

If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we'll stand or fall on whatever we did.

My advice to new artists is to not follow a trend, but to start one. By that, I mean to not be tempted to do what business people might suggest to you, to jump on the bandwagon, but to be strong.

I feel like I'm just trying to pave my own lane and just kind of make my own sound.