Creativity Quotes - page 26

We must prepare the ground for creativity. And if this also gives rise later to success in the economic sense, success in terms of Euros and Cents, this will by no means reduce my joy. (Johannes Rau)
Life is entirely unthinkable without any of the creative arts, and they're all a continuum - the force in question is creativity, not its mode of expression. View quote
John Darnielle
Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way. View quote
Joichi Ito
When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form. View quote
Joichi Ito
It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive. View quote
Jon McGregor
I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality. View quote
Julian Lennon
Without sounding pretentious, it's nice to always be surrounded by creative people who inspire me and keep my levels of creativity charged. View quote
Jaime Winstone
People must know that their ideas will be listened to and, if they have merit, acted upon. If they do, it is possible to mobilize individual creativity on a very broad scale. View quote
James A. Champy
I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable. View quote
Kacey Musgraves
Investors covet past improvements but also always believe pricing unimaginable future creativity and efficiency gains is Pollyannaish. And they're always wrong. Bet on it. View quote
Kenneth Fisher
I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there. (Laurie Metcalf)
Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If you do that, then being inspired by your contemporaries or people from the past is really great. View quote
Lawrence Bender
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity. View quote
Mark Udall
There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity. View quote
Mandy Moore
A great deal of creativity is about pattern recognition, and what you need to discern patterns is tons of data. Your mind collects that data by taking note of random details and anomalies easily seen every day: quirks and changes that, eventually, add up to insights. View quote
Margaret Heffernan
If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great. View quote
Margaret Heffernan
The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic? View quote
Alva Noto
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity. View quote
Amy Landecker
Once you start trying to sell creativity, you're always going to run into the problem that the people selling it aren't as creative as the people making it, and the people making it don't know how to talk business with the people trying to sell it. View quote
Dave Pirner
Festivals promote diversity, they bring neighbors into dialogue, they increase creativity, they offer opportunities for civic pride, they improve our general psychological well-being. In short, they make cities better places to live. View quote
David Binder
When I listen to music from different eras, I sense different things. The 1940s music, there's so much optimism and romance, maybe because they just solved the biggest problem on Earth at that time - World War II. In the 1960s, there was so much creativity and innovation in sound. (Eric Betzig)
I don't spend a lot of time watching my performances after the fact. I suck at playing video games, but I'm a fan of the creativity, the brilliance, and the possibility of the industry. View quote
Jennifer Hale
Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations. View quote
Jim Hunt
I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good. View quote
Jon Favreau
Problems are hidden opportunities, and constraints can actually boost creativity. View quote
Martin Villeneuve