Quotes About Creativity

When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.

Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.

Art is not special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself if it is good.

I've learnt so much from every film and every director - a new perspective, a greater appreciation of the art.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Art comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it's in the process of imitating the voice of others that one comes to learn the sound of one's own.

The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'

Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.

Magic and art tend to share a lot of the same language. They both talk about evocation, invocation, and conjuring.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.

The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.

It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.

The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that generally infects art.

Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.

My work is all about creating new paths for thinking about the possibilities inherent in all art; another world is possible!

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.

First I have a think, and then I put a line around it.

Those who call themselves art photographers are pompous, arrogant egoists.

That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.