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From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.

Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do anything creative. They shrug and claim that they 'have no talent.' They say things like, 'Don't quit your day job' or 'Leave it to the professionals.' In the steampunk subculture, I don't hear those things.

You get to a point where the kind of beautiful chaos can't really fuel your creative existence any longer because it's not stable, however amazing and exciting it may be.

I'm a creative player, I'm instinctive.

I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.

What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.

I tell people I would like to have been an architect. I like the creative aspect of that. I like the idea of something on a piece of paper coming to life.

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.

If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy.

There is a clearing for new creative thought in choreography. I don't feel intimidated; there is a lot I can do that is new or innovative or different.

I surrounded myself with a lot of different creative people and ambitious people.

It's aggravating to me when you meet people that are just... you know, there's a difference between wanting to be an actor or a writer or something creative, and just wanting to be seen.

Arsene Wenger has not just brought success to Arsenal. He is a very creative manager, producing almost fantasy football.

I get lonely - I'm not going to lie about that... I kind of signed up in my mind that I'm giving myself wholeheartedly, full-throttle to my creative life, and I don't want to be distracted.

I don't make money doing my podcast. I've learned that people want to hire creative people who are already doing something when they approach them.

I don't think as big and as creative as Joss.

My parents always stressed finding some sort of creative outlet, so they would take me to dance classes, take me to jazz clubs.

I wanted to find a way to merge my taste as an art and creative director with my new little obsessions: babies and motherhood and all of that. So I began working on my website, Romy and the Bunnies, which is named after my daughter, Romy.

I think everyone has the potential to be creative, but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.

People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.

I could be baking a cake and I'll do it a certain way. If you're just a creative person, it'll come out no matter what.