“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." [MovieMaker Magazine #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004 ]” InspirationCreativityTransformationAuthenticityOriginalityCreative ProcessImitationRulesPostmodernismSense Of WonderContextSources Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new film, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.” ArtInspirationImaginationCreativity Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Consequently, I get inspiration from all over the place. But it's not like a calculated thing on my part, or a way that I see myself, you know? I'm just interested in things that move me, and I don't care where they come from. In fact, I'm interested if they come from a place I wouldn't expect, or would seem foreign to me on some level.” IfsWayFactsInspirationSeemsCareMovingLevelsDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Jim Jarmusch
“The filmmaker Amos Poe was a huge inspiration for me by making guerrilla-style punk films on the streets of New York and - well, it's just a lot of painters and artists and filmmakers all within that scene, and it's very, very important to me.” WellsImportantInspirationFilmArtistStreetsStyleNew YorkHugeScenePainterFilmmakerPunkGuerrillas Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Music just gives me so much energy and inspiration. Music and literature in a way probably influence me more than cinema does because they're different forms and yet related. I probably know as much about music history as I do about the history of cinema.” KnowsWayGivingDoeDifferentInspirationFormLiteratureEnergyInfluenceGive MeCinemaRelated Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Music, to me, is the most beautiful form, and I love film because film is very related to music. It moves by you in its own rhythm. It's not like reading a book or looking at a painting. It gives you its own time frame, like music, so they are very connected for me. But music to me is the biggest inspiration. When I get depressed, or anything, I go "think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!" So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?” ThinkingMenWorldGivingBookHandsInspirationBeautifulFilmMovingFormReadingImagineOne ThingHeardHavensPaintingGunConnectedRhythmRelatedWithout MusicLove FilmsMusic Man Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.” IfsInspirationalArtBookSoulDreamBodyLightInspirationFilmSpeakWaterImaginationMusicTreeInfluenceStreetsPaintingDirectorsConversationShadowPhotographCloudsArchitectureConversionStealingAuthenticityProducersYour SoulBridgesFuelComposerOriginalityTheftSelectScreenwritersGraphic DesignDevouringArt And CreativityLight And ShadowArtists And CreativityInspirational ArtGraphic ArtistBeing AuthenticResonatingRelay RacesInspiration And ArtThieveryFilm MusicBeing OriginalBodies Of WaterGraphic Art Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it.” IfsFeelsInspirationImaginationOriginalsStealingAuthenticityCelebrateBotherFuelOriginalityCreative ProcessGraphic DesignInvaluableConcealingGraphic ArtistThieveryGraphic Art Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.” InspirationImaginationOriginalsStealingAuthenticityFuelOriginalityCreative ProcessImitationGraphic DesignCreative ArtArt And CreativityArtists And CreativityGraphic ArtistBeing AuthenticRelay RacesInspiration And ArtThieveryFilm MusicBeing OriginalBodies Of WaterOriginal ArtCreative DesignGraphic ArtStealing Things Author:Jim Jarmusch
