Creativity Quotes · Page 207

Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself

— Toni Morrison

You can't be at your full creative power if you are sedated.

— Charlie Haden

I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality.

— Julian Lennon

Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.

— Rachel Lambert Mellon

“I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration.”

— Arthur Holitscher

Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

— Tom Stoppard

If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.

— Eddie Izzard

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.

— Tim Blixseth

“year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to…

— Charles Dickens

People who accomplish a great many things are people who have freed themselves from biases. These are the creative people.

— Milton H. Erickson

Simply, the majority of the most interesting filmmakers are the ones confronted with difficult situations. Their creativity blows a hole in the…

— Isabelle Adjani

“My art is largely made up of my pain; re-framed, redesigned and re-purposed. It's a mutually beneficial experience for both the creator…

— Jaeda DeWalt

“If the successor does better than the ancestor world remembers the successor, like the maker of a car, is still remembered but…

— Amit Kalantri

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— Chris Grabenstein

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles

“You can recognize survivors by their creativity. In soulful, insightful, gentle, and nurturing creations, they often express the inner beauty they brought…

— Jeanne McElvaney

The most important feature of an information economy, in which information is defined as surprise, is the overthrow, not the attainment, of…

— George Gilder

The greatest opportunities for creative transformation are often lodged in our discontents. Art is an alchemical process that feeds on emotional energy.…

— Shaun McNiff

“Anyone who does creative work is familiar with this problem, and in many ways active imagination is similar to writing, painting, and…

— Gary Valentine Lachman

Achieving goals is a creative process. The first step in the creation of your primary goal takes place in your conscious mind.…

— Bob Proctor

I went from doing something that was very original, sort of subversive, and specific in its voice - The Grinder - and…

— Rob Lowe

I think it's really important as a creative director, to always keep your ears on the ground and always surround yourself with…

— Nicole Richie

“Freelancing and Creativity In Freelancing, doing a job in different ways is called creativity. The importance of creativity is immense among all…

— Bhairab IT Zone

[On her collaboration with Adolph Green:] We stare at each other. We meet, whether or not we have a project, just to…

— Betty Comden

All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task…

— Rollo May

The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

— Anonymous

As long as you're willing to be called a fool, you can create anything, do anything, be anything.

— Anna Olson

Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Creating a character is about what they look like. The look speaks volume to the audience.

— Ashley Madekwe

“Creative people neither like to be possessive nor like to be possessed.”

— Amit Kalantri

An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.

— Umberto Eco

“To be a truly creative company, you must start things that might fail.”

— Ed Catmull

The greatest creators are as hungry to consume as they are to create.

— Chris Thile

A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.

— Susanna Clarke

If you want to reach things that nobody else is reaching, you must do things nobody else is doing.

— Anonymous

The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

— Rita Mae Brown

“I find creative ways to keep my life stimulating and exciting. I do what it takes to keep my joy aflame.”

— Anonymous

True creative cities produce the legacy of an idea that does what funding cannot do: to foster..

— Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual.

— Jason Mraz

What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine.

— Alex Steffen