Quotes About Creativity

Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact in a way that transcends just a few cultural arbiters.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.

Sad songs seem to work for me, but I don't want to be redundant; I want to add a little flavor.

Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative.

I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes.

I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.

I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for National Geographic, and they gave us a lot of film.

What all of us artists are doing is using our pain as material to create our work.

Most of my work is comedy; it's meant to inspire empathy in people and help them find joy.

Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic.

We're always hardest on our own work, I guess.

I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always be confined to writers of fiction and poetry.

I don't think people realize how much work it takes to make an album.

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.

It's a lot of work to read a crummy script.

It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.

I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her.

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

Work is an almost pure expression of the self.

When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy about the actors you're working with, that's what's important.