Creative Quote by Scott Kahn Download Open image “Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.” — Scott Kahn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Creative Creative process Creativity Notion Preconceived notions Process
“The opposite of creativity is compliance to external imposition, having for one reason or another to bend to the will of another.” — Keith Oatley Copy Share Image
“Objectivity is a subjective fantasy implanted in us by an external will seeking to curtail our creativity by limiting our minds to our own… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
The function of the creative artist consists of making laws, not in following laws already made. — Ferruccio Busoni Copy Share Image
The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
If the human intellect is allowed to impose a preconceived pattern on society, if our powers of reasoning are allowed to lay claim to… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“We like to think of creativity as a space for untrammelled imagination, free from all constraints. Yet while freedom, rule-breaking and inspiration are undoubtedly… — Mark McGuinness Copy Share Image
We must recognize and nurture the creative parts of each other without always understanding what will be created. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Preconceived ideas are like searchlights which illumine the path of the experimenter and serve him as a guide to interrogate nature. They become a… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture. — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“That’s what comes of overthinking things. On a more pragmatic level, we do things simply because we do them. I wrote this book because… — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
Precepts, conventions - above all traditions - have no value in art. — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their own palette… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings. — Scott Kahn 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
