The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I prefer artists who are creative more than artists who are technical, I think everybody would agree with that. — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Because I didn't go to film school, you learn so much from a lot of creative artists. — F. Gary Gray Copy Share Image
That is the creative artist - a penalty of the creative artist - wanting to make order out of chaos. — Ursula Nordstrom Copy Share Image
“Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say… — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
“Our lives are rich with opportunities and our challenge is to live them to the full. All of us can be the… — Roger Walsh Copy Share Image
We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
Whenever we dig down into the achievements of a creative artist, we invariably trace them to the beginning of all beginnings: labour. — Galina Ulanova Copy Share Image
Although in society in general, the idea of an Irish composer of 'classical music', or whatever you want to call it, is… — John Kinsella Copy Share Image
The artist does not exist except as a personification, a figure of speech that represents the sum total of art itself. It… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character.… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer,… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
The word smart is not applied to all professions, even if you are smart in that profession. No one talks about smart… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different… — Troy Andrews Copy Share Image
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
The function of the creative artist consists of making laws, not in following laws already made. — Ferruccio Busoni Copy Share Image
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
The nation is bound together by its creative artists and not by parallel lines of rusting steel. — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
Gift to the creative artist: positive images in, positive images out. On the other hand, garbage in, garbage out. — Don Watson Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm one of the more creative artists in the game. I think I'm going to be here for a… — Wale Copy Share Image
Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists. — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
I find it hard to believe that the machine would go into the creative artist's hand even were that magic hand in… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
[We need to] protect copyright at all costs. Don't do cheap deals with Google and these other cyber-monsters. Recognize that the creative… — Harold Evans Copy Share Image
I know there's a creative side to artists to - pardon me - there's a creative side to scientists already, but there… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image