Creative Quotes

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When even despair ceases to serve any creative purpose, then surely we are justified in suicide. — Cyril Connolly
The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable mixture of good… — Paul Tillich
There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the… — Adam Duritz
I believe that both art and the human striving for cognitive comprehension are manifest forms of the grand game in which nothing more is stipulated… — Konrad Lorenz
I see the creative accomplishments of which highly gifted humans are capable as special cases of the universal creative process, that game played by everyone… — Konrad Lorenz
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. — Mark Strand
Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators of sensibilities. The… — Susan Sontag
The creative phase of an idea coincides with the period during which it insists, cantankerously, on its boundaries, on what makes it different; but an… — Susan Sontag
I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever. — Ken Burns
If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel. — Eddie Izzard
One of the proud joys of the man of letters --if that man of letters is an artist is to feel within himself the power… — Edmond de Goncourt
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water… — Natalie Goldberg
Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything… — Alvar Aalto
Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that… — Jonathan Raban
It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a… — Ajay Naidu
I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in. — Damon Lindelof
If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information… — Jonah Lehrer
What you discover when you look at creativity from the perspective of the brain is that it is universal. We're all creative all of the… — Jonah Lehrer
I've got more creative control when I do music. — Method Man
Adbusters' is my favourite reading material, so as soon as you go there, the synapses start firing in a different way. You start taking on… — Raine Maida

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