Quotes About Creation

Genius is a Latin word; the Romans used it to denote an inner spirit, holy and inviolable, which watches over us, guiding us to our calling. A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center. It is our soul's seat, the vessel that holds our being-in-potential, our star's beacon and Polaris.

The part we create from can't be touched by anything our parents did, or society did. That part is unsullied, uncorrupted; soundproof, waterproof, and bulletproof. In fact, the more troubles we've got, the better and richer that part becomes.

On our single sheet of foolscap we've got the Big Beats. Now what? Fill in the gaps. David Lean famously declared that a feature film should have seven or eight major sequences. That's a pretty good guideline for our play, our album, our State of the Union address.

Only one thing matters in this initial draft: get SOMETHING done, however flawed or imperfect.

Remember, the part of us that we imagine needs healing is not the part we create from; that part is far deeper and stronger. The part we create from can't be touched by anything our parents did, or society did. That part is unsullied, uncorrupted; soundproof, waterproof, and bulletproof. In fact, the more troubles we've got, the better and richer that part becomes.

No matter what a writer or artist may tell you, they have no clue what they're doing before they do it—and, for the most part, while they're doing it.

From the epiphanal moment at the end of her hero's journey, the artist's life is about the works she will produce. These taken in sum will comprise her body of work. They're her oeuvre. They're also her destiny. If she does it right, they will constitute upon completion a pretty fair expression of why she was put on Earth. They'll define who she is. They will be her gift for the people.

The ultimate source of creativity, he argues, is divine.

Instead let's ask ourselves like that new mother: What do I feel growing inside me? Let me bring that forth, if I can, for its own sake and not for what it can do for me or how it can advance my standing.

Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.

In fact, we are servants of the Mystery. We were put here on earth to act as agents of the Infinite, to bring into existence that which is not yet, but which will be, through us.

The song we're composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it. Can we hear it in our head? It exists, like a signal coming from a faraway radio tower. Our job is to tune to that frequency.

Don't force the players to animate your creation, breathe life into it from the very start.

All the weapons of hate and cruelty cannot stand against God's love. The spiritually blind and intentionally evil try to oppose it, but they cannot ultimately win. That's because all creation was formed and is sustained by God

To know you are safe is to know you create your reality. Feeling safe does not mean to 'not feel vulnerable' - quite the opposite. To truly feel safe is to freely allow the feeling of vulnerability. This is to know that vulnerability is not a problem to be solved; vulnerability is a state of expansion – a state of growth. To realize this is to rejoice in the discovery and feeling of vulnerability.

And there is also the understanding that you're creating, which is really discovering, it is again still valuable. Everything exists already. It is infinite. The matrix is infinite. So there is a sense of discovery. We will be discovering it eternally.

It is like the making of music. It is as simple as that. All the notes on a piano, for example, already exist. But music is discovered through the piano, but no new notes are discovered.

I realized that what matters with any innovation is that it actually creates more value for people.

Whoever invented breakfast really did it good.

Love isn't just what two people have together, it's what two people make together, so of course, it's never the same.")

Look, I know you meant well creating the world and all, but how could you let it get away from you like this? How come you couldn't stick with your original idea of paradise? People's lives were a mess.

If someone should ask me, 'What does the soul do?' I would say, It does two things. It loves. And it creates. Those are its primary acts.

my awakening had shown me new truths about my religion, my life, and the lives of women. I had survived a landslide of awareness. But I didn't know if I could act on them. When you can't go forward and you can't go backward and you can't stay where you are without killing off what is deep and vital in yourself, you are on the edge of creation.

If you can't be still and wait, you can't become what God created you to be.