James Blake

Electronic R&B Producer British Born 1988 (age 38)

Minimalist electronic producer whose dubstep-influenced R&B redefined genre boundaries.

400 quotes

"Time moves differently when you're creating."
Time
"We seek happiness in the wrong frequencies."
Happiness
"Art is the act of saying what cannot be said."
Art
"In silence, we hear the most honest conversations."
Peace
"The modern world demands we feel everything and express nothing."
Philosophy
"Change is not something that happens to us; we are the change."
Change
"Love in the digital age is just pixels trying to mean something."
Love
"Perfection is the enemy of creation."
Creativity
"We are all haunted by better versions of ourselves."
Wisdom
"The most radical act is showing up as you are."
Courage
"Music is the language our souls speak when words fail."
Music
"Success without meaning is just noise."
Success
"Every person carries universes within them."
Philosophy
"The work we do in private shapes who we become in public."
Work
"Dreams are just unfinished conversations with ourselves."
Dreams
"In creating, we discover who we're supposed to become."
Creativity
"The truth tastes like silence before the storm."
Truth
"We are all trying to build cathedrals with broken stones."
Hope
"Patience is not passive; it's the ultimate form of action."
Patience
"The strength we show is never as important as the strength we hide."
Strength
"Life is less about finding yourself and more about losing yourself."
Life
"Technology connects us to everyone except ourselves."
Technology
"What we fear most is usually what we need most."
Fear
"The most creative people are those comfortable with discomfort."
Creativity
"Kindness in a cruel world is revolutionary."
Kindness
"We mistake motion for progress, noise for meaning."
Philosophy
"The power to change begins with the power to see clearly."
Power
"Every moment is both an ending and a beginning."
Time
"We are more beautiful in our flaws than our perfections."
Beauty
"The freedom to create is the freedom to become."
Freedom