Quotes About Creativity

We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.

It would be neat to sing with Roger Miller.

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read.

For me, being a complete artist means not necessarily just being in front of the camera, but being behind the camera or being the originator or creator of something.

If you're living in a dystopia, you don't necessarily want to look at another one.

I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.

You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.

To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.

You learn fast from others how to be an entertainer as well as a musician; you don't necessarily have to get out there and just play - you can be an entertainer, too.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play.

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

A gastronomical supermeal didn't necessarily have to involve the things I had brought from other top kitchens.

In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.

My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.

It's hard to draw clear lines between writing and life and I don't think it is necessary to or necessarily good to.

The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.