Michael Giacchino Quotes

It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they're always poems first.

I like to have a lot of different creative outlets.

I grew up in this room filled with musical instruments, but most importantly, I had a family who encouraged me to invest in my own imagination, and so things I created, things I built were good things to be building just because I was making them, and I think that's such an important idea.

If your child has something creative they really want to do, it's up to you, their parent, to help make that happen.

Don't just consume things, create things

Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

I always wanted to do something creative, but as much as I'm creative, it's in a really hard-core, right-brained way. For me, painting doesn't do it for me. There's no constraint.

I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them.

I grew up in what you might call a relentlessly creative household. We were given art supplies, music supplies... Our mother knew enough to get us started and then stand back and not meddle. My parents never said to us, 'Don't you think you'll need something to fall back on?' They acted as though creativity was completely normal.

Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing!

Gutzon Borglum, the individual, is nothing. Art, expression, freedom are everything. On this I stand or fall.

The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am.

Whatever I ended up picking or choosing was always going to be a creative outlet for me.

Writing has always been an incredible outlet for me to feel like I have a voice, even when sometimes I was the only one reading my work. It has been a way for me to unlock my imagination. That's when the world becomes yours, after all.

I've always been the person who has needed a creative outlet.

My big dream has always been to write and create my own things.

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

I don't know where creativity comes from, but I think everybody has the ability to be creative. I think what's important about creativity starts when you're very young and how we're allowed to experience our imagination. The people who bring us up and teach us are fundamental in either encouraging creativity or discourging creativity. My imagination was always encouraged.

There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't.

Follow your heart, and your pleasure in art. Don’t do what you think is going to be making you money, or what you’re parents want you to do, or what that beautiful girl or guy thinks you should be doing. Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go. Go out there and make the world more beautiful. I know you can.