“The professionalism of technique and flash of dexterity are more comfortable to be around than raw creative power, hence our society generally rewards virtuoso performers more highly than it rewards original creators.” CreativeComfortableOriginalsRewardsCreatorTechniqueOur SocietyPerformersFlashProfessionalismCreative PowerDexterityVirtuoso Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“Brahms once remarked that the mark of an artist is how much he throws away. Nature, the great creator, is always throwing things away. A frog lays several million eggs at a sitting. Only a few dozen of these become tadpoles, and only a few of those become frogs. We can let imagination and practice be as profligate as nature.” ArtistImaginationPracticeMillionsSittingMarkLaysCreatorEggsThrowingDozenFrogsBrahmsTadpolesThrowing Things Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“Creative living, or the life of a creator, seems like a leap into the unknown only because "normal life" is rigid and traumatized.” SeemsLife IsCreativeNormalCreatorLeapNormal Life Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art