A God who kept tinkering with the universe was absurd; a God who interfered with human freedom and creativity was a tyrant.… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“The mind is essentially a survival machine. Attack and defense against other minds, gathering, storing, and analyzing information — this is what… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I was very shy and I was very introverted as a kid, but whenever I set foot on stage, I kind of… — Jeremy Jordan Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate toward people who are a bit more eccentric and creative and artistic in some ways. And I like… — Mark Parker Copy Share Image
“I was so much in the habit of having Albertine with me, and now I suddenly saw a new aspect of Habit.… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
If I'm writing and doing music celebrating the Creator, who is the most creative being in the world - I mean, when… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The crazy creatives are the creatives who never go completely mad. They aren't so easily disheartened by the seemingly endless amounts of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Our debt to tradition through reading and conversation is so massive, our protest so rare and insignificant-and this commonly on the ground… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The struggle of the artist against the art-ideology, against the creative impulse and even against his own work also shows itself in… — Otto Rank Copy Share Image
The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way… — David Alan Harvey Copy Share Image
Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
[About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“Asperger felt that autistic people could have beneficial talents, especially what he called a “particular originality of thought” that was often beautiful… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“Creativity is to ads as product quality is to cars, airplanes and electronic equipment – it’s absolutely necessary, and it needs to… — Michael Farmer Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story, and that was the birth of filmmaking for… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
“To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence will happen. On the… — James Carse Copy Share Image
It seems to be extensively believed by photographers that meanings are to be found in the world much in the way rabbits… — Victor Burgin Copy Share Image
If you create something, it really should mean something more than that to you. I had to grow into all of this… — Jlin Copy Share Image
Ideas come mostly bottoms-up. They come when you have a free flow of ideas and you have people able to combine multiple… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, Arts are a universal understanding of a personal experience... they are both a part… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a very uneasy relationship between money and creativity, between money and almost everything. Its tendency to control and corrupt -… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
“Human creativity, then, images God’s creativity when it emerges from a lively, loving community of persons and, perhaps more important, when it… — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
“Creativity always comes a surprise to us; therefore we can never count on it and we dare not believe in it until… — Albert O. Hirschman Copy Share Image
“Human imagination is a powerful thing. It can be a sanctuary from difficult times, a catalyst to change society, or the impetus… — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
“Nestled in the valley of darkness, in the deepest depths of depression, are the priceless gems of; creativity, intuition and sensitivity. The… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging… — Alice Temperley Copy Share Image
“What would you do if you saw something nobody else could see?” The tape gun fell out of Luke’s hand, and hit… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“I often find that I can only go so long doing something that I'm not passionate about before I run dry and… — Catherine Chea Copy Share Image
“New becomes stale and old becomes fresh. The impractical, ageing estate long ago left behind to Singapore's pioneers and their homemade tofu… — Neil Humphreys Copy Share Image
Another significant point to remember: if you witness anything - fear, anger, hate - they will disappear, leaving a tremendous amount of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Consciousness is, among other things, a spontaneous exercise in creativity. You are learning now, in a three-dimensional context, the ways in which… — Seth Copy Share Image
I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to stay pure in that process and be… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
When a dad admits he is wrong or asks for help, he allows the child to see him- or herself as adequate… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image