Creative Quotes · Page 94

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

— Judy Blume

Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence.

— Michael Polanyi

This is a very connected, tolerant, creative generation, but a lot of them feel really constrained because they've got this big debt.

— Hillary Clinton

A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.

— Will Self

I think Missy Elliot is pretty creative, I mean at least trying to take it to the future.

— Kool Keith

A person might be able to play without being creative, but he sure can't be creative without playing.

— Kurt Hanks

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

— Ziggy Marley

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

— Sigmund Freud

I still love being creative. I still love the aspects of working together with great, talented people. But it's a weird dichotomy;…

— Sandra Bullock

Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a…

— Amy Chua

The person who makes all cares into one care the care for simply staying present will be cared for by that presence…

— Kabir Helminski

Might we not say that every child at play behaves like a creative writer, in that he creates a world of his…

— Sigmund Freud

we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support…

— Zadie Smith

I went to see 'The Piano' with Holly Hunter when I was in a Paula Vogel play, and I was just gone.…

— Cherry Jones

What I like doing is writing and recording and much more on the, I guess, the - on that creative level. It's…

— David Bowie

You can choose not to be a performing musician. You can choose to just be a recording artist. But then you run…

— Mirah

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying.…

— Bill Drayton

Hollywood always had a streak of the totalitarian in just about everything it did. The old moguls were essentially hard-fisted authoritarians who…

— Shirley MacLaine

Being a creative person is a really personal process so there is no one-size-fits-all advice, that's kind of the first thing I'd…

— Elizabeth Banks

When you write a novel or paint a picture, you have the opportunity to approach it and back off, tear up pages,…

— Jeremy Davies

The most valuable thing a teacher can impart to children is not knowledge and understanding per se but a longing for knowledge…

— Albert Einstein

Publishers are very risk-averse, so they lean towards licenses and sequels. But the fact is that even those are not guaranteed hits.…

— Tim Schafer

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

— Ruth St. Denis

'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.

— Virgil Abloh

Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.

— Donatella Versace

There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.

— Cynthia Heimel

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

— Mark Strand

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

— Mario Van Peebles

The present moment is creative, creating with an unheard-of intensity.

— Le Corbusier

Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.

— Jim Rohn

Be creative. Men only learnt how to fly when they stopped imitating birds.

— Paulo Coelho

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I don't enjoy my work and don't get creative satisfaction if I do just one project and stick to it for years.

— Upasana Singh

A lot of the time you just have to follow your creative muse and do what you think is best for the…

— Rick Remender

The mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.

— Ludwig von Mises

Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible.

— Rod Serling

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations…

— Raf Simons

Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.

— Anonymous