Quotes About Creativity

Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.

Let's look for dragons, I said to Pooh. Yes, let's, said Pooh to Me. We crossed the river and found a few Yes, those are dragons all right, said Pooh. As soon as I saw their beaks I knew. That's what they are, said Pooh, said he. That's what they are, said Pooh.

They have no imagination. A tail is just a tail to them, just a little something extra in the back.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Thank you, Christopher Robin. You're the only one who seems to understand about tails. They don't think — that's what's the matter with some of these others. They've no imagination. A tail isn't a tail to them , it's just a Little Bit Extra at the back.

Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There's nobody here but me.

But it isn't Easy,' said Pooh to himself.... 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you . And all you can do is to go where they can find you. He waited hopefully... [...] 'So there it is,' said Pooh, when he had sung this to himself three times. 'It's come different from what I thought it would, but it's come.

It's a very funny thought that, if Bears were Bees, They'd build their nests at the bottom of trees. And that being so (if the Bees were Bears), We shouldn't have to climb up all these stairs.

When life gives you lemons, make orange juice, and leave the world wondering how the hell you did it.

I have seldom written poetry unless I was rather out of health.

No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.

Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always "Stick 'em up!" In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.

?iir bir ?ey anlatmaz demek, anlam? yoktur, anlams?zd?r demek de?ildir. Anlamla yola ç?k?lmaz demektir." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 61

Dilin geçirdi?i bu serüveni, yani susmay?, bir ?ey önermemeyi, uzakl???, kendi d???na ç?kmay?, cinneti, daha nice ?eyi bütün ba?yap?tlarda bulabiliriz." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 12

?yi bir ?iir anlamla yola ç?kmaya her zaman engeldir. Her ?eyden önce bir ?iirden düzyaz?dan anlad???m?z anlamda bir anlam beklemek, ona öyle yakla?mak ?iirin do?as?na ayk?r?d?r." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 55

Asl?nda anlam do?as? gere?i söyleyece?ini söyleyip hemen kapanmak ister. Belirsizlikten korkar. Yitip gidece?ini san?r. Belirsizlik, anlam yoksunlu?u de?ildir. Tam tersine 'çokanlaml?l?kt?r', s?n?rs?zl?kt?r. ?iir orda boy göstermek ister. Orda kendine gelir." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 61

One does not paint a landscape, a seascape, a figure. One paints an impression of an hour of the day.

C'est toujours l'imagination qui l'emporte sur la volonté, sans aucune exception. - It is always the imagination that wins over the will, without exception.

My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.

A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

Estoy convencido, Lucas, de que todo ser humano ha nacido para escribir un libro, solo para eso. Un libro genial o un libro mediocre, da igual, pero el que no escriba nada es un ser malogrado, que ha pasado por la tierra sin dejar ninguna huella.

Pero yo creo que puedo escribir lo que me dé la gana, aunque sea imposible, aunque no sea verdad.

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.