Creative Quotes

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Being a resident of the city and spending most of my time in the city, I've always been perplexed with how people could say there's… — Brian Boyle
The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality. — Oscar Wilde
Once you abstract from this, once you generalize and postulate Universals, you have departed from the creative reality, and entered the realm of static fixity,… — D. H. Lawrence
I remember the first time we stood in this spot. We were on the deck of a boat in the middle of what was then… — Michael Eisner
Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. It creates an explosion that for the moment frees us from handed-down frames of reference, memory choked with… — Viola Spolin
But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true that pure thought can grasp reality, as the ancients dreamed. — Albert Einstein
The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re dream our world.… — Ben Okri
While legislation can stimulate and encourage, the real creative ability which builds up and develops the country, and in general makes human existence more tolerable… — Calvin Coolidge
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely… — Clare Boothe Luce
An enterprise's most vital assets lie in its design and other creative capabilities. — Lee Kun-hee
Every creative act is open war against The Way It Is. What you are saying when you make something is that the universe is not… — Jerry Holkins
Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon. — Merlin Mann
Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural state into our human-made… — Michael Shannon
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has… — Bernard Arnault
Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language and… — William Drenttel
Interesting things happen when the creative impulse is cultivated with curiosity, freedom and intensity. — Saul Bass
Instead of instilling fear, if a company offered a way for everyone in the business to dive within-to start expanding energy and intelligence-people would work… — David Lynch
I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get my point. You… — Robin Sharma
What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship. — Seth Godin
Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected. — Jack Welch

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