One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions." ( Letter to Alexander Chekhov , May 10, 1886)” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I'm not a perfectionist by a long shot, but self-doubt is a large part of my creative process. — Keith Fullerton Whitman Copy Share Image
“Speed is not always a constituent to great work, the process of creation should be given time and thought.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love the idea of having control over the creative process and looking at the bigger picture. — Finn Cole Copy Share Image
Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process. — Lynn Collins Copy Share Image
Play is the state of mind that we can use in our creative process to our advantage. — Jessica Walsh Copy Share Image
“It always seemed to me," she said at last, "that it must require a great deal of courage to be an artist,… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it's a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
"Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
“You get in life what you create. Expectation drives the creative process. What do you expect? You expect whatever it is you're… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning… The creative process shrivels in… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
If you intellectualize and examine the creative process too carefully it can evaporate and vanish. It's not only terribly difficult to talk… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“Even during the most solitary of creative missions, we are never alone. As we learn to trust the value of our own… — Laurie E. Smith Copy Share Image
We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work… — Kazuaki Tanahashi Copy Share Image
“In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't know exactly where ideas come from, but when I'm working well ideas just appear. I've heard other people say similar… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Wow, I wish I could have done something like that.” That’s the thing, with other filmmakers, if I like them I just… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
God is constantly creating anew. And God also, invites us to be re-created and join the work of God as co-(re)creators. .… — Doug Pagitt Copy Share Image
It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The management of creativity is more intimate. By that I mean that it deals with an individual's personal, psychological landscape. It deals… — John Kao Copy Share Image
“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
“The quality of any author’s effort at personal writing and thematic commentary hinges upon the author’s intrinsic limitations, personal vantage point, and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Designing for me is a very complex process. There are many ideas that I want to express in one object, very often… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
“The Positive Paradigm is: . . . a new, inclusive reality map, one people worldwide can easily comprehend and agree upon. It… — Patricia E. West Copy Share Image
“The dynamic, future-oriented, ecstatically inspired state of the evolutionary impulse is the new enlightenment that I am speaking about. The inner eye… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
I am not talking about rebelliousness, but giving people time for constructive internal reflection and even daydreaming. A lot of research is… — Scott Barry Kaufman Copy Share Image
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
“If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It… — James Hampton Copy Share Image
