Creativity Quotes - page 30

The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives. (Paul Ryan)
I dont like the idea of spirituality done the way its done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it. View quote
M.I.A.
We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers. View quote
Joni Mitchell
The path led out of rational confines. When you start thinking about art and creativity, rationality is not big enough to contain it all. View quote
Alan Moore
Negativity is the enemy of creativity. View quote
David Lynch
A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity. View quote
David Lynch
Transcendental meditation is an ancient mental technique that allows any human being to dive within, transcend and experience the source of everything. It's such a blessing for the human being because that eternal field is a field of unbounded intelligence, creativity, happiness, love, energy and peace. View quote
David Lynch
I thought when I started meditation that I was going to get real calm and peaceful and it's going to be over. It's not that way; it's so energetic. That's where all the energy and creativity is. View quote
David Lynch
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. View quote
Pat Metheny
With increasing passion comes increasing creativity to reach people. View quote
Craig Groeschel
The modern notion of art is an essentially religious or magical one in which the artist is viewed as a holy beast who in some way, big or small, receives flashes from the godhead, which is known as creativity. (Tom Wolfe)
If you understand this refrain, you're gonna' understand everything I want to say to you today. It has four parts: Creativity and innovation always builds on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it. Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society. View quote
Lawrence Lessig
Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network. View quote
Lawrence Lessig
When we don't accept or follow, but question, investigate, penetrate, there is an insight out of which comes creativity, joy. View quote
Anthony de Mello
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source, for distant and unknowable reasons. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
I've been on antidepressants for years, and it worked to stop my anxiety and didn't limit creativity. Some of the best work I've done, in fact, is after I started taking the antidepressants. View quote
Temple Grandin
Creativity is on the side of health - it isn't the thing that drives us mad; it is the capacity in us that tries to save us from madness. View quote
Jeanette Winterson
Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts. View quote
Yanni
It's not that I don't believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be. View quote
Lily Cole
There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons. (Lily Cole)
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter. View quote
Brian Aldiss
Alchemy and magic are about how mundane, benign, and abundant materials can have an effect that is greater than the sum of their parts. To me, creativity is alchemy. View quote
Esperanza Spalding
"There is more joy in giving than in receiving." Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance. View quote
Pope Benedict XVI
Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death -- that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity. View quote
Lucinda Williams