Quotes About Creativity

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Have faith in your imaginel act.

I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

In any creative industry, the fact that others are moving in a certain direction is always proof positive, at least to me, that a new direction is the only direction.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Just think of something that would be "wonderful" if it were only "possible". Then set out to make it possible.

You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.

Don't die with your music still inside.

Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.

Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

You are an artist. The canvas is your life. Make something worth staring at.

Hate and anger and disappointment and rage can be channeled in music into the most positive place.

When we take a picture, we have a negative. We put the right solution on it and, suddenly, the picture comes to life. So what do we do? We take the negative and turn it into a positive.

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.

The biggest lesson in photography is that from negative we make a positive

Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.