Creative Quote by Semir Zeki Download Open image “What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it.” — Semir Zeki ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Creative Creativity Excellence Perfection Seeking
“Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.” — David Kelley Copy Share Image
Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection. — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Perfection is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I don't think perfection is possible. I think you can attempt to reach perfection, but I don't think it's a possible thing. I think… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
“Creativity is the art of being yourself through all the possible means and ways.” — Yasser Kashef Copy Share Image
Creativity starts with a little touch of insanity and culminates with the highest trust on its beauty, but throughout it maintains the hands of… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulants… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits.… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
I view all art as an effort to translate brain concepts into a work. These brain concepts are synthetic ones - the result of… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
I have the strong suspicion that when the brain's greed system is in operation, those parts of the brain that regulate ethical conduct are… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Most artists, or at least most of the ones I know, deny having a philosophical outlook that they try to translate into their works.… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls! — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
The female brain may confer distinctive economic advantages, to the benefit of all, and we should, therefore, pursue seriously having equal numbers of women… — Semir Zeki 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