Quotes About Creativity

Instead of getting mad or getting even, get creative.

Art is a way of knowing what it is we actually believe.

Art is a means to enter, to play with, to dance with, to wrestle with anything that intrigues, delights, disturbs, or terrifies us.

Art is a vehicle that allows us to transcend linear time, to travel backward and forward into personal and transpersonal history, into possibilities that weren't realized and those that might be.

His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it.

Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.

Those who fear the imagination condemn it: something childish, they say, something monsterish, misbegotten. Not all of us dream awake. But those of us who do have no choice.

That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.

There's more than just our playful nature that suggests eternal youth has played a role in our evolution. One of the most defining characteristics of humans is our creativity, our willingness to try new things and new ways of interacting with our environment -all traits normally associated with youth.

At times baking soda and yeast were not to be had. Individuals were issued rations, including flour, to utilize as best they could. Because of lack of equipment, especially when men were on the march, bread-making was sometimes accomplished in the manner described by Timothy Mitchell, writing home to southwest Virginia from Tennessee: "Our flour we make up in an oil cloth, back of a dirty shirt, or towel; roll it 'round a stick and hold it before the fire." [26]

It's only fabric! Freestyle fabric cutting and sewing is a low-risk endeavor with a strong payoff of personal growth and empower- ment.

There is no room for church mice in improv quilting. You have to own your ideas, your choices, and your determination.

I've embarked on personal adventures with each of these quilts. I want to teach you how to do the same.

Take a good look at your fabric and intuit what it is saying to you.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

If I've already figured out how the book ends, why bother to finish writing it? My writing isn't terribly efficient, because I often have to backtrack a bit when I change my mind, but I like the sense of discovery that comes from not knowing what happens next.

The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.

To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.

She hit us," the woman shrieked. That was the gist of it anyway. There were a lot of unladylike words that began with "F," with various "C" words thrown in for leavening. … "Ben's better," I murmured. "He's more creative when he swears." "He does it in that English accent, which is too cool.

It was discouraging how quickly the beginnings of a sweater turned into a loose pile of yarn.

some of the original authors like Hartman von Aue or Wolfram von Eschenbach.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

In fact, "talent" is as common as mud; what's rare is the motivation to sit down and actually do something with one's talent, the discipline to do it regularly, and the persistence to stick with it until it's finished.