Creativity Quotes

"There's something really deep about artists that work their whole life on one canvas one book and it's what they care about. It's what they're fighting for" "They weren't trying to be commercial. They were just doing what they loved, and they were interested in the art form" "In the places I go there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with the Z." "Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there " "If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different, I'd rather be completely screwy." "Also, to have culture, you have to have youth" "I don't need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on" "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions" "Stop blaming other people. If you’ve got a problem, take responsibility. Don’t count the days, make the days count. I think it is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left. If you give a room full of children a box of toys and then take that box away, they’ll do the same thing creators do. They’ll make their own toys and their own own joy. Remember, every failure is only redirection. We either give ourselves permission to be great, or we confirm ourselves to mediocrity." "Innovation never comes from the established institutions." "I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering." "Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint." "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will" "The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him seeking materialization" "Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another and before you know it you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the results of thought" "Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow." "I have never forgotten that the future of our company depends on our ability to invent, and it's my job to keep us pointed toward the forefront in both new products and new technology." "The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people" "In spite of everything I shall rise again I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing" "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people"