160 Quotes by Tavi Gevinson

There’s danger in glorifying negative emotions as fuel for art.

I think it was my mom’s attitude about art and being part of the narcissistic digital generation or whatever that made me think anyone would care what I had to say about anything!

I try not to do anything I don’t like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.

Oh God, I’m awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

I think it’d be great to own a fun concept store with my friends and just sell books and records.

I try to make everything creative because it’s stimulating. There is this great Stanley Kubrick quote somewhere about how life is sort of bad and how creating is important because it lets a little light in.

I’m not exactly in a position where I get to be super-picky about the roles I get. But I would also never want to be a part of something that I think is poor in taste or doesn’t align with what I believe in.

I’m not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books.

I try to be very honest in my writing. It’s amazing, though, to think that people are responding to what we do, but it’s okay if they’re responding in a positive way too, because I think just creating anything at all to put out there is a gift.