Quotes About Creativity

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't.

There's a genius in all of us.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.

Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

When I think of competition it's like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.

Be a fountain, not a drain.

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.