Creativity Quote by Alister E. McGrath Download Open image ““On Tolkien: "His fussiness threatened to overwhelm his creativity.”” — Alister E. McGrath ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Creativity Perfectionism Spontaneity
“No ideologues, not even religious ones, are going to be happy with Tolkien, unless they manage it by misreading him. For like all great… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity of the… — Christopher Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The Lord of the Rings is a million times more interesting than mere literature, which is why mere literary critics cannot get to grips… — Robert McNeil Copy Share Image
“And therefore a giant hammer of pure stupidity lashed out of the screen and felled me again. I lay mewling, clutching my head with… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“Tolkien later lamented, "The most improper job of any man ... is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Critics and academics have been trying for forty years to bury the greatest work of imaginative fiction in English. They ignore it, they condescend… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
One thing Tolkien does incredibly well - and this is from a lay person's point of view; I am not scholar or anything -… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Aw, fudge,' floated down to me, as a couple of golden eyes peered over a third-floor window ledge. 'You're a freaking dhampir. Why are… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
“That bastard Tolkien paints us dragons out to be a bunch of ignorant and repulsive savages. Well as far as I’m concerned, this Mr.… — Gabe Hudson Copy Share Image
“The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I loved Tolkien and while I wished to have written his book, I had no desire at all to write like him. Tolkien’s words… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
This might disappoint you somewhat, but I have to say my interest in Tolkien has faded dramatically over the years. His language skills are amazing, his story good and fascinating, but... he has a very Judeo-Christian perspective, and his use of mythical creatures is very... ignorant. — Varg Vikernes Copy Share
The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“The medieval period based its scriptural exegesis upon the Vulgate translation of the Bible. There was no authorized version of this text, despite the clear need for a standardized text that had been carefully checked against its Hebrew and Greek originals. A number of versions of the text were in circulation, their divergences generally being overlooked. It was not until… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share
“Lewis's mental map of reality had difficulty accommodating the trauma of the Great War. Like so many, he found the settled way of looking at the world, taken for granted by many in the Edwardian age, to have been shattered by the most brutal and devastating war yet known." (51) Part (McGrath suggests) of Lewis's well-documented search for truth and… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share
Good does not triumph unless good people rise to the challenges around them. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Surely the better way is to pursue a generous orthodoxy, seeing disagreements in the context of the greater agreements which bind us together. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed: the maculist position, which held that Mary was subject to original sin, in common with every other human being; and the immaculist position, which held that contrary view that Mary was in some way preserved from original sin,… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share
“We are doomed to remain incomplete in our present existence. Our hopes and deepest longings will remain nothing but just that; Our hopes and longings. This bittersweet tension remains real, even for the Christian who increasingly becomes aware of the wonder of God and the inadequacy of our present grasp of that wonder. There is a sense of postponement, of… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share
We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the doors to… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he picture us caught in a tremendous man-made or God-made trap from which there is no escape, but we must also listen to him day in, day out, describe how the trap is inexorably closing. To… — Margaret Mead Copy Share
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The Soviet “creative intelligentsia” - that is, people accustomed to thinking one thing, saying another and doing a third - is as a whole… — Andrei Amalrik Copy Share Image
It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“You are the end of beauty and creativity one must have created so far.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
If you've got creativity, imagination, and intelligence, and you want to be hypnotised, then there's no reason you shouldn't be able to. — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
