Quotes about "Creativity & Arts"

I came back to Haiti after the earthquake not to shoot a film, but to help and be a part of the rebuilding process, like all my fellow compatriots. I didn't come to shoot a film, but I became frustrated when I realized that my help was kind of useless. We all felt lost and helpless. And it's out of that frustration that I decided to shoot a film. ”

A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is. Even with all your artistic license, you make a political choice. ”

I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handedly revolutionized the political, artistic, and historical discourses about America. ”

I refuse to make films where the audience comes for consumption. I make films where you know you are also part of the process. ”

Like a musician expresses himself through music and a writer's expression is in his writings, cooking is my mode of expression. ”

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment! ”

My creativity thrives with limitations. ”

For a 12-year-old with a hyperactive imagination who liked to dream of dreary gothic castles, suburban Florida felt a little stifling. ”

As a creative, as an artist, I'm just excited when people want my stuff, and want to experience it. ”

The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes. ”