Quotes About Creativity

When I think of the people I've worked with, all of them have great passion, and the passion is what keeps people inspired.

You'll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing.

The saving grace of all really great gifts is that the persons who bear their burden remain superior to what they have done, at least as long as the source of creativity is alive.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell.

I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.

If we all knew how to make that jump from good to great then I think every song would be great.

I feel like I've had a really great intense relationship with every single Director I've ever worked with. I can't say there's one that hasn't been deep and profound in its own way.

Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.

All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title.

People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.

Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had nothing to say that could possibly qualify. So I wrote a romance instead.

A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly.

Jonathan Kreisberg is a great musician whose playing and writing always tell a story. His formidable technique and intellect never get in the way, but only serve the agenda of the heart.

A great idea is simply the combination of many good ideas.

You have to have great design to be competitive in today's markets.

From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.

One of the big technical advances that's really great looking is the water.

But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had a number of classes with him.