Quotes About Creativity

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.

My greatest fortune was that I was ordered to take up art for the good of my health

I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad.

Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.

The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

When you can become completely impassive in play, then you become fluid and completely unpredictable. No one knows, including yourself, what you will do next. You couldn't even explain it.

The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.

His art is the health of the artist.

When we commit ourselves to writing for some part of each day, we are happier, more enlightened, alive, light-hearted and generous to everyone else. Even our health improves.

Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your reserves.

You could tie my hands to my sides, I suppose, but I have to write. For my own mental health, I need to write.

Creativity is on the side of health - it isn't the thing that drives us mad; it is the capacity in us that tries to save us from madness.

Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac )

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.

I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.

Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.

People struggle most with seeing new ways of doing things and often need help in breaking through their tradition-bound mindsets.

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.

No one can help me with my work. I think I do best when I am just left alone.

I want to do projects that speak to people, things that inspire change, and projects that help people grow and help me grow in the process.

I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they rely mostly on my eyes.