Quotes About Creativity

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.

I'm constantly coming up with new strategies for getting to the mental place where writing is so joyous and playful that I almost can't help putting the words down.

Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.

It's interesting to find new things with the game. It's fun finding new positions, new openings and new strategies.

Being a musician, there aren't that many ways for me to consciously use a more strategy, math-based part of my brain.

We allow people to be creative. We set a direction, we set the vision, we set the strategy, but within that framework, we allow our people to be as creative as they want to be.

Whether that's in communications or marketing or strategy, you need people to come in with a fresh perspective.

I don't think we're out there aggressively looking for deals. Our strategy is that business follows the creative. We're not out there scouring the marketplace for opportunities.

I am not intellectually choosy. My choice of films reflect who I am, but it is not done with strategy and planning. I hear something and go by my intuition.

I've done very well financially and sold a lot because I've had a multiple method of attack as a writer. That's a conscious strategy.

For me, music is a byproduct of this process - the human process - and the fact that I've managed to eke out a career with it is a happy accident more than any strategy.

A lot of labels always feel the need to tell you how they think the music should be marketed and what songs work best where. I say make music you love doing, come up with a strategy, and put it out there.

I'll admit I started off getting actors to sing my compositions as a marketing strategy, to give the songs and films extra mileage.

I don't want everyone toeing the same line. You have got to have discussions and someone might then think of a fresh strategy, which has to be encouraged.

I just write what I think is funny, or interesting, and hopefully everything else will take care of itself. There's no strategy to anything.

If I have to answer one more time, 'Why did you want to remake 'Straw Dogs?'' with the emphasis on the word 'why,' I'm going to flip out.

I think that 'Straw Dogs' as a story is eminently re-makable. It can be modernized and Americanized without a problem and without giving up any artistic integrity.

I use ordinary soap bubbles, the dime-store stuff, two wands and a plastic straw.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.

If I can hear the music then no, I don't hit a wrong note. But if I can't hear the music because the audience is screaming or the sound system is bad, then I'm subject to stray.

I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.