Creativity Quotes

"In a time of destruction, create something" "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." "5: And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." "8: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." "I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public I can somehow cure my own legend" "I am not sick I am broken But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint" "The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others" "I dream my painting and I paint my dream" "I always want to feel like this, to be at stake. I guess that's what makes the work interesting to me—the feeling that I'm at stake, as opposed to whatever level of comfort may come from some security that usually goes with success" "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." "A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity" "By believing passionately in something that still does not exist we create it The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired" "Do not go with the flow. Be the flow." "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it" "If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time." "To hold a pen is to be at war." "Yes, money is important. But it's all about the creative process" "I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." "Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund."