Creative Quotes

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.

I have a very, very creative family.

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?

India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.

It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts.

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.

The New York Quarterly is an amazing, intelligent, crazy, creative, strange, and indispensable magazine.

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.

I've got more creative control when I do music.

The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities for all our people.

We love having the freedom that we have with the web; I mean, we don't have to answer to anybody. We have complete creative control; we don't have to worry about FCC regulations.

I don't think as big and as creative as Joss.

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction.

I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.