Creativity Quotes

Unless social sciences can be as creative as natural science, our new tools are not likely to be of much use to us.

It is not commercial success but originality and proof of autonomy which are admired.

Discovery's friend is creativity

Appreciate the aesthetic and creativity of the nature and be grateful for being part of it.

Comparison is the enemy to creativity.

Creativity is imagining something that isn't there and making it real.

The proliferation of creative power can transform the world for all of its inhabitants.

I don't get writers block. I get writer has too many ideas and doesn't know which one to start next, block.

Its funny to see how creativity is used to satiate a misplaced libido. How it shifts from an extension of who you are to a bait of what/how much you can get.

Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.

Magic is not just for the entertainment, but to inspire people to be creative enough with their lives.

How often have the greatest thoughts and ideas come to light during conversations with the family over the evening dinner?

Life's a maze, you twist and you turn through itThe driest of droughts, maneuvered and I earned through it

I say making movies is like eating a sandwich of shit. Sometimes you get more bread, sometimes less bread, but you always get shit." (Guardian interview 2006)

Nothing kills creativity so well as a big dose of negativity.

(reporter interviewing Broadway dancer Tommy Tune:) 'Do you think that greats like Fred Astaire possessed some kind of magic?'(pause)'No. Magic possesses them'.

the battle for our culture must be waged at the level of the imagination.

Artistry, perhaps, is at its core being able to control change in interesting ways.

I’ve had a fountain pen surgically implanted in my left index finger to save trouble. My body is tattooed with line upon line of truth, fiction, and a not-always-pleasing mix of the two.

When I pour a bowl of Uncle Sam’s cereal, I never know if I should stand when I eat, salute it first, or simply hum the Star Spangled Banner between mouthfuls.

You have to pay for this view (onto which he looks while writing), so our expenses keep us pretty motivated to write. It's a vicious cycle.

Creation, in all its forms, is where I find beauty. If I could travel as far outward as I have inward, I would know with the utmost conviction that distance does not exist.

The role of your genius spirit is to essentially heal, transform, and evolve consciousness.

The willingness to be a champion for stupid ideas is the key to greater creativity, innovation, fulfillment, inspiration, motivation and success.

Computers are quiet and clean and totally distracting because the Internet is there, lying in wait for a moment of weakness to pounce on your creativity and progress.

Imagination is the faculty of the mind that God has given us to make the communication of his beauty beautiful.

While friends are there to motivate us and keep us pleased. Our enemies are there to annoy us, which makes us work harder to beat them.

Creativity is a fragile, delicate flower, which must be cautiously cared forand protected, from the harsh elementsof "human weather.

This story inspires me to contribute with something unique and exciting for my time.

There really is power in numbers. In today’s society one has to understand the true power of word of mouth. It’s true that the new tastemakers are us.

Stories of absurd events in life get my creative juices flowing and have so far given birth to some of my best ideas.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel... just steel the hubcaps.

Imagination is our inner-child and creativity, its playground.

Art gives those unexpressed parts of ourselves permission to be felt and spoken.

Sanity is transmuting all the insane parts of your brain into a creative outlet.

I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own.

A blank cheque kills creativity.

Art invites us to become explorers and excavators of our vast internal landscapes, discovering new terrain and digging deep into the past to unearth forgotten experiences and emotion.

Today, the world rewards those with creative and intellectual muscles. So, women and skinny men need to shut up and start thinking.

You can’t let fear and indecision sink your creativity—they do not easily release their hold.

Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die, we’d wander around and sleep like cats.

Live life with creative purpose.

It’s my opinion that only in times of utter depression or lofty peace is it appropriate to be creative.

As a society we should try to never inhibit another person's creativity. In people like myself, it's all we have.

For if u have positive attitude n creativeness u will always see a graveyard as a beautiful garden...

Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

It's ever so important to believe in what you do, trust your ability to create and show yourself worthy. Never sell yourself short.

Building positive customer experiences will help create passionate customers who will spread your message on their behalf - almost like an evangelist.

As an observer of human nature, let's just face the facts: stupid stuff sells, and often the more stupid and silly it is, the better it sells.

Never fear having your ideas stolen. Your creative idea is a image you are painting like a picture on a canvas, they may "steal" your idea, however they cannot steal your paints.