Quotes About Creativity

Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work.

I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

If you're going to be an artist, real life is your inspiration.

Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.

The big art is our life.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing.

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.

There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

All artists give birth. It's alchemy and it's really an amazing process.

I don't exist without writing.

An artist's most valuable asset is individuality.

Jhin, League of Legends

Art must exist beyond reason.

They call me mad. All artists are mad.

I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They like it and that's cool, but I don't do the work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ass and light up my life.

Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.