Quotes About Creation

Art is not only about something; it is something. A work of art is a thing in the world, not just a text or commentary on the world.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.

In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth.

So much work went into this book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"] - you can probably tell from looking at the art and overall design.

Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

In the time it takes American literary titan William H. Gass to write a novel, other artists have been born, completed their life's work and died. That may be an exaggeration, but only a slight one.

Artists are interested in pictures as sources of ideas for their work. Where the pictures come from and how they are made is of little concern to them.

You can make your life into a grand ever-evolving work of art. The key is your thoughts, the wonderous invisible part of you that is your spiritual soul.

I work very fast and steadily, and I don't hardly ever notice that I'm working. It feels like just breathing or walking when I do films.

I make something I can look at and say, "That's a good piece of work, and there's some terrific directing and acting in it, and you should be proud of it."

My work has always been the product of my time.

There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'

I could go and buy one of the islands in theBahamas and turn it into my personal fiefdom, but I am much more interested in trying to build andcreate a new company.

When I can no longer create anything I'll be done for.

Tools were made and born were hands Every farmer understands.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.

A garden is never beautiful by accident.

Convert everything around you into meaningful products

Invest your time in producing product or service

Convert your knowledge into product

Time produces quality product

Get your idea into image and find ways to convert it into tangible product

Use time to create the nature of God in yourself