Quotes About Creativity

Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets.

It was a little like spell-work, I thought, for your hands must be busy, and your mind sharp and free.

I suppose that is true. You said that he shaped kingdoms, but he also shaped the thoughts of men. Before him, all the heroes were Heracles and Jason. Now children will play at voyaging, conquering hostile lands with wits and words.

Humillar a las mujeres parece ser el pasatiempo predilecto de los poetas

Humillar a las mujeres parece ser el pasatiempo predilecto de los poetas. Como si no pudiese haber historia a menos que nos arrastrásemos y sollozásemos.

Daedalus did not long outlive his son. His limbs turned grey and nerveless, and all his strength was transmuted into smoke. I had no right to claim him, I knew it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near into yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.

He touched his fingers to the strings. The notes leapt out into the air, bright and silver-sweet. He gathered them into a melody as effortlessly as if he were a god of music himself, so that the whole room seemed to live inside the sound.

Ich hatte ihn nicht für so mutig gehalten. Aber natürlich war er das. Künstler, Schöpfer, Erfinder, der größte, den die Welt kannte. Wer furchtsam ist, erschafft nichts.

Je pensai : Je ne pourrai pas supporter ce monde un instant de plus. "Alors fabriques-en un autre, mon enfant.

Impiegai un momento a capire. Non l'avrei mai fatto così sfrontato. Ma era naturale che lo fosse. Artista, creatore, inventore, il più grande che il mondo avesse mai conosciuto. La timidezza non crea nulla.

Daedalus did not long outlive his son. His limbs turned grey, and all his strength was transmuted into smoke. I had no right to claim him, I knew it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation he was to me.

La timidez no crea nada.

It wasn't my only gift. I had found a seasoned piece of ash and began to fashion it secretly, carving off its soft layers. Over nearly two months a shape had emerged—a boy playing the lyre, head raised to the sky, mouth open, as if he were singing. I had it with me now, as I walked.

Ma non è una caratteristica del genio andare sempre dritto al cuore?

In principle, this is a useful idea for writers at all stages: if a good story plot somehow won't work out right, it may be that the point of view is in the wrong place.) There

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.

Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.

I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.

Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. "Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy

14. I have enjoyed telling people that I am writing a book about blue without actually doing it.

The Oblivion Seekers, a collection one critic has described as "one of the strangest human documents that a woman has given to the world.