Creative Quote by James A. Michener Download Open image “Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect.” — James A. Michener ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Creative Creative genius Creativity Genius Intelligence Respect Science Slap Treatment Treats
When creative people do their best work, they're hardly ever in charge, they're just sort of rolling along with their eyes shut yelling wheee. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Creative people are like a wet towel You wring them out and pick up another one. — Charles Revson Copy Share Image
Creative people must entertain lots of silly ideas in order to receive the occasional strokes of genius — Marshall Cook Copy Share Image
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Copy Share Image
Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time... Creative individuals have a combination of playfulness and discipline, or responsibility… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Creatives are feared and ridiculed... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not. — Janice Tanton Copy Share Image
Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which human affairs turn most persistently. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control,… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“This is not a promise, this is not threat, it's just the way it's gonna be!!!” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“We went into the night and for the first time in my life I saw the stars hanging low over the desert, for the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The rules seem to be these: If you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you have written… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“A Roman came to Rabbi Gimzo the Water Carrier, and asked, "What is this study of the law that you Jews engage in?" and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“The chance emergence of the was nothing. Remember this. But its persistence and patient accumulation of stature were everything. Only by relentless effort did… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
An artist's creative energy is ephemeral as a flower. It blooms and soon dies. No artist is great forever. Personally, I think I reached… — Kim Ki-duk Copy Share Image
When you're being truly creative, time stands still, and you enter a dimension that can carry you beyond the ordinariness of everyday life. — Denise Linn Copy Share Image
I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different parades and,… — Troy Andrews 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 flexible and… — Guy Murchie Copy Share Image
Money is only used for two things. One, it's to make you comfortable, and the more comfortable you are the more creative you will… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I can't let fear kill my creative brain. Fear is the killer. Your bad choices come from fear. And I'm constantly combating fear. I'm… — Jon M. Chu Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
The creative strength is good enough and deep enough to bring itself to flower and to grow in spite of this sickness. — Joanne Greenberg Copy Share Image
Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
What Sri Chinmoy does is God-given! He has a tremendous, a fantastic creative urge. — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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