Often, especially young artists, you feel like you should be doing something. And I think that can be very destructive because creativity is about connecting with the stuff that's deep inside you and making something out of that.
Interpretation
Creativity stems from inner feelings rather than external pressures to produce.
Max Richter highlights the struggle that young artists often face in feeling pressured to create constantly. He suggests that true creativity comes from a deep personal connection to one's feelings and experiences, rather than from conforming to external expectations or demands, which can hinder artistic development and expression.
In practice
This quote can be used during a workshop for young artists to inspire them to trust their creative process.
I'm suspicious of the idea of categories in music and this idea of things being in boxes. To me, that seems unnatural. I write the music that somebody with my biography would write, and the thing that's always driven me is an enthusiasm for the material. I sort of follow the notes to where they want to go.
All music is just a collision of sounds until you know its internal conventions and understand the nuances. It's a question of familiarity.
The thing that makes me want to write a piece of music is having something to talk about, you know? Something I want to get across. Because I'm a composer, music is my first language, and that's what I reach for when I want to convey something.
I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves.
I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life, and it will all refine itself into poetry later on.
My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.
I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations.
And as a writer now, I want to save Linda's life. Not her body--her life.
People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'
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