Quotes About Creativity

The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

There is still a future with music, because people want music.

Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music.

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.

We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.

After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Uko?ila mi se ruka kojom držim pero, svije?a tiho kašljuca i prska sitnim varnicama brane?i se od smrti, a ja gledam u duge redove slova, u nišane misli, i ne znam jesam li ih ubio ili oživio.

Led je pucao i kršio se u meni, ostaju?i zgomilan. Sam sebi sam najve?a prepreka, izgleda: htio sam da pišem o drugima, a mislio sam o sebi neriješenom.

Nisu govorili o svojoj ljubavi, ve? o tu?oj, a to je isto. Ona je govorila evropske ljubavne stihove, on isto?ne, a to je isto. Nikad im tu?e rije?i nisu bile potrebnije, a to je isto, kao da su izmišljali svoje.

The blood of the guitar was Chuck Berry red.

There globalization of trade, knowledge, innovation, industrialization and entrepreneurial culture is increasing at a rapid rate and the net result is more distribution of wealth and power. A new world order is imminent. The countries that succeed will be those with better socioeconomic policies, more cash, natural resources and creativity. The US can embrace this change and compete or we can resist it and lose.

Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.

Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing.

Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up on rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.

Mona wasn't listening. Of course a bet was a bet, she thought. And there was her reputation to consider. Not to mention her safety. Particularly her safety. For she was frightened of Emoto Hed, who had something of a reputation for creative cruelty where unpaid debts were concerned. People disappeared, leaving behind nothing but very long, very piercing screams. Mona imagined that forever could become incredibly tedious when passed in a state of constantly accelerating agony.

When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The words make suggestions. Your brain paints the pictures.

When I'm writing I can write anywhere; when I'm not writing I can't write anywhere.

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.