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“The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act.”

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Lawrence Halprin was a renowned landscape architect, born on July 1, 1916, and passed away on October 25, 2009. His work is globally recognized for its innovative design philosophy and profound understanding of public space. more

“It is a function of creative men to perceive the relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able to combine them into some new form. Britten's Nocturne, for example, which unifies musically a group of poems by different hands, is a notable example of his power to connect the seemingly unconnected.”

Men Creativity Creative Function Perceive

Author:William Plomer

“The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it.”

Universe Creativity Creative Alive

Author:Brad Dourif

“Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.”

Thinking Sometimes Creativity Creative Fields

Author:Maya Lin

“As a director, you try to find what is creative.”

Trying Creativity Creative Directors

Author:Jan de Bont

“Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.”

Difficult Pure Mathematics Branches Programming Mathematician Applied Mathematics

Book:Selected Writings on Computing: A personal Perspective

Source: Selected Writings on Computing: A personal Perspective

“Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out.”

Trying Ends Shows Creativity Creative Frustrating Detectives

Author:Robert Stack

“Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.”

Creativity Creative Vulnerable Our Society Prosperous Globalisation

Author:George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

“Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned.”

People Firsts Culture Creativity Creative Clothes Music Is Concerned Contact Passive First Contact Creative Music

Author:Martin Freeman

“I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.”

Made Dream Creativity Creative Berries

Author:Martha Reeves

“It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there.”

Kind Used Creativity Struggle Creative Heard Percent Used To Be Creative Music

Author:Charlie Haden

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