Quotes About Creativity

I don't (do) the paintings for the money at all. I just love to paint, even if I don't sell them.

I ain't calling me God. I'm just doing my part on where I think hip hop should go. I think hip hop should be about more money, crazier sounds, different beats.

Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.

I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.

I don't think you need $35 million bucks to make a movie. I think what people should do is make a lot more movies for a lot less money. You can really do it.

There was a long time where I was an "artist" in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.

If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.

The say money talks, but I've seen it sing, and even seen it dance.

Man is smart - If money would have grown on trees, we would have used green leaves as money.

I don't spend money on books. I write them myself.

There ain't no money in poetry, that's what keeps the poet free. I've had all the freedom I can stand.

There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money.

People write for ego gratification, not money.

Don't Become An Artist, Actor, Muscian, Producer or Writer, Etc, For Only The Money. You May Be Very Dissapointed.

When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.

Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living.

This was never about the money... Don't you understand? A world without good art is a far more dangerous place than one you don't get paid for making it in.

Nobody should ever receive more money for a work of art than the artist who produced it.

Artists are never poor, they just don't get enough time to make money !

Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you'll end up with less of either.

You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.

Being rich is an untalented artist's consolation prize.

What's the use of writing poetry for your peers? I don't think I should sell my poetry to other poets. If that's who my audience is, I'm dead, I'm not going to make any money.