I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I love the entire process of being on the set and being able to create a character. It's so much fun. In… — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall… — Afrojack Copy Share Image
I'm a very creative person, and you know when I hooked up with Benny Boom, I said I want it to be… — Swizz Beatz Copy Share Image
“If you took the world away and just left the elctricity, it would look like the most exquisite filigree ever made -… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
During these unstable times, let go of any fear or insecurity in your emotions. Look for new ways that you can be… — Barbara Wentroble Copy Share Image
Be willing to take some risks in the areas of work and money. If we do only what we think we should… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
The most important feature of an information economy, in which information is defined as surprise, is the overthrow, not the attainment, of… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
The greatest opportunities for creative transformation are often lodged in our discontents. Art is an alchemical process that feeds on emotional energy.… — Shaun McNiff Copy Share Image
It's disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like 'I'd rather go naked… — Adela Popescu Copy Share Image
Mr. Russell is a great believer in versatility in all creative work. In any physical work he believes one can work many… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very… — Guy Murchie Copy Share Image
Sexuality is a part of our behavior. It's part of our world freedom. Sexuality is something that we ourselves create. It is… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I've learned to trust that you know what you're doing, because it gets scary sometimes. There's a lot of money being spent.… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
I have a really, really, really normal family. And by normal I mean we're all nuts on some level. I think you've… — Anna Paquin Copy Share Image
The war between the artist and writer and government or orthodoxy is one of the tragedies of humankind. One chief enemy is… — Helen Foster Snow Copy Share Image
Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I'd be dong something creative - something I could express my personality through. I enjoyed working as a gardener before music consumed… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
For as long as human beings are forced to live in a system that at every turn impedes the fulfillment of their… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I do want to have that feeling that people are actively involved in something, rather than just consuming something. I suppose that's… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Few people today realize just how much faith in oneself (that part of oneself which is spiritual, perfect) has to do with… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
For loving, working, and creative people to throw off the yoke of power it is necessary to abolish power itself, not merely… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Quantum physics presents a new and exciting worldview that challenges old concepts, such as deterministic trajectories of motion and causal continuity. If… — Amit Goswami Copy Share Image
I talked with people starting up in the middle of the recession and employees, and supplies and office space were cheap. As… — JJ Ramberg Copy Share Image
When father was younger than me he came to New York to be in musicals and was in a number of them.… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
The only way we'll have real pride is when we demand recognition of a culture that isn't just sexual. It's all there--all… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
80% of all products and services that will be on the market in five years do not exist today. So therefore, always… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument,… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
“Here there is no doubt that timidity and a total lack of personal initiative have always been regarded among us as the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
There was a period of time between 2005 and 2008 that was pretty challenging. I had taken a leap of faith and… — Erica Tazel Copy Share Image
If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
All I've learned is that you need the studio system sometimes, if your budget is a certain size, and other films you… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn't think he needed Him. It is nice… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Some of this book—perhaps too much—has been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to… — Dale Watson Copy Share Image
Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. Ordinary professionalism and twenty years' experience can accomplish a lot,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image