Quotes About Creativity

I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.

Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.

God is both a scientist and an artist.

You know why writers are always the savvy and sexy characters in novels and movies? It's because all novels and movies are written by writers.

Ayn Rand was a genius.

Why Read? "Read to refill the wells of inspiration

Poetry is frosted fire.

Poetry is prose, bent out of shape.

Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.

The Universal Turtle Verse I spend the day nibbling rent-free Underneath the Giving Tree. Me, Rirty Dat and Snerry Jake Show Runny Babbit how to make Up verses. Then I lug my hump (Careful not to bump the Glump) Into the woods to trade a word With the argle-bargle bird: Nuthatch wisely recommends, Find out where the sidewalk ends.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...

There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.

There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

It is not possible to be original except on a basis of tradition.

Writers write for various reasons. I write because my heart demands so. There is so much freedom in the simple act of sitting there, holding up my hands, waiting to pound on the computer keyboard, waiting for words to pour from the tips of my fingers and compose the melody of life from the faded tapestry of my past.

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.

Visual design proved to be a fifth wonder of life. Buildings, terra-cotta warriors in China, dams, and paintings appeared in stories of awe from around the world.

The best grammarian still can't write a verse.

Grammarians make no new thoughts, but thoughts make new grammar.

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe.

You made your students write stories about happiness and they were, you said, the worst stories of the year.

These are the Fairy Tale Fairies," said Hannah with a beaming smile. "These four are Julia the Sleeping Beauty Fairy, Eleanor the Snow White Fairy, Faith the Cinderella Fairy, and Lacey the Little Mermaid Fairy." "Hello," said Rachel and Kirsty. "And these three are Rita the Frog Princess Fairy, Gwen the Beauty and the Beast Fairy, and Aisha the Princess and the Pea Fairy," Hannah finished.