Brooke Shaden > Quotes

“Create art out of heartbreaks; it's the fastest way to heal. Make enough to build a small museum of your beautiful tragedies, and show the world how unbreakable you are.”
― Brooke Shaden

“There’s something about the hunt for the place, the exploration, that’s always been the most important to me; the photography is almost second. There’s something about finding the secret places nobody knows, the magic in the everyday. I’m not interested in shooting in a studio or any sort of location that is “unspecific.” I’m far more interested in discovering locations that seem otherworldly, but aren’t; they’re here, and real, and the beauty of reality is far more interesting to me than any fantasy.”
― Brooke Shaden, Inspiration in Photography: Training your mind to make great art

“Each and every time I wanted to create a new image, I only asked myself what I felt like creating, and then set out to create it.”
― Brooke Shaden, Inspiration in Photography: Training your mind to make great art

“To be constantly and creatively inspired is a wonderful state to be in, and leads to a happy, bright, and varied life—and one that I want to achieve on a daily basis. I like to consider myself less of a photographer and more of a creator of worlds, a purveyor of magic, or in short, an inventor of inspiration. To be able to find inspiration at the drop of a hat can be the difference between feeling fulfilled and feeling like something vital is missing from our life. Often the difference between the two states is paper thin, and getting from one to the other is as simple as flipping a switch in our mind. The ability to see the world in a different and more inspiring way is something worth aiming for, because if we can achieve this, then our creativity will know no bounds.”
― Brooke Shaden, Inspiration in Photography: Training your mind to make great art

“At the heart of our creativity should be one underlying question: what makes us happy?”
― Brooke Shaden, Inspiration in Photography: Training your mind to make great art

“The artist who thinks negatively about his or her work invites others to think about it negatively as well.”
― Brooke Shaden