Quotes About Creation

If man evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

Sometimes you get the sense that the Creator is getting to that point of "Yeah, we might have to reboot".

We are God's representatives on earth. We are God's glory, displaying his likeness. After each day of creation God declares what he has made to be 'good'. But only after the 6th day God's verdict on a world that now includes humanity is 'very good'. God's work wasn't finished until there was something in the world to reflect his glory in the world. We often excuse our actions by saying, 'I'm only human.' There is nothing 'only' about being human: we're truly human as we reflect God's glory.

The Hermetic philosophy places man at the very centre of God's creation. Hermes declares that 'man is a marvel'. With his mind he may not only understand the universe, but even come to know God. He is not a mortal body which will live and die. He is an immortal soul which, through the experience of a spiritual rebirth, may become a god.

Everything is a story, and we are the authors of our own lives.

God's revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark.

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.

I've decided, because we have a short time here, that those of us that create joy and happiness, that's a really noble thing.

I think no composer knows he's creating a hit until the audience gives it a nod.

In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

One thing that I really love about making records is that you can flow through fiction and non-fiction but, ultimately, everything's a commentary on real life in some way.

I write both fiction and nonfiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later.

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense - I want the director to see what I'm trying to do.

My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.

I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers.

I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.

I just want to work on music and make some new stars. I'm not interested in being a star.

Every note is a lifetime for itself.

I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.

Nothing cannot exist forever.

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.