Quotes About Creativity

A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.

Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.

You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.

Don't think what's the cheapest way to do it or what's the fastest way to do it. Think what's the most amazing way to do it.

The human soul needs actual beauty even more than bread.

What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

Don't waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.

When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do.

Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.

To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination

You can think about red. You can think about pink. You can think up a horse. Oh, the THINKS you can think!

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

Creativity is discontent translated into arts.

God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.

Never play a thing the same way twice.

We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself.

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.

When you're first thinking through an idea, it's important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do.

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form.

I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.