C Quotes
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“Creativity always comes as a surprise to us; therefore we can never count on it and we dare not believe in it until it has happened... Hence, the only way in which we can bring our creative resources fully into play is by misjudging the nature of the task, by presenting it to ourselves as more routine, simple, undemanding of genuine creativity than it will turn out to be... We are apparently on the trail here of some sort of invisible or hidden hand that beneficially hides difficulties from us.”
“Creativity always dies a quick death in rooms that house conference tables.”
“Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.”
“Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds.”
“Creativity and imagination are not frosting on a cake: They are integral to our sustainability. They are survival mechanisms. They are of the essence of who we are. They constitute our deepest empowerment.”
“Creativity and innovation always builds on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it. Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society.”
“Creativity and innovation are something you can’t flowchart out. Some things you can, and we do, and we’re very disciplined in those areas. But creativity isn’t one of those. A lot of companies have innovation departments, and this is always a sign that something is wrong when you have a VP of innovation or something. You know, put a for-sale sign on the door.”
“Creativity and Innovation produces better comics.”
“Creativity and insight almost always involve an experience of acute pattern recognition: the eureka moment in which we perceive the interconnection between disparate concepts or ideas to reveal something new.”
“Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.”
Source: I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic
“Creativity and love come from the same source.”
“Creativity and the creative process is a remarkably fascinating thing. It has its own energy and presents and expresses itself uniquely to / through each artist. You’ve just got to trust it, honour it, nourish it, follow it and run with it.”
“Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.”
“Creativity arises from a constant churn of ideas, and one of the easiest ways to encourage that fertile froth is to keep your mind engaged with your project. When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.”
“Creativity arises from our ability to see things from many different angles.”
“Creativity arises out of the state of thoughtless presence in which you are much more awake than when you are engrossed in thinking.”
“Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.”
Source: The Courage to Create
“Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process.”
“Creativity becomes more visible when adults try to be more attentive to the cognitive processes of children than to the results they achieve in various fields of doing and understanding.”
“Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.”
“Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is 'to fit together' and we all do this every day.”
Source: Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit
“Creativity builds upon the public domain. The battle that we're fighting now is about whether the public domain will continue to be fed by creative works after their copyright expires. That has been our tradition but that tradition has been perverted in the last generation. We're trying to use the Constitution to reestablish what has always been taken for granted--that the public domain would grow each year with new creative work.”
“Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.”
Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
“Creativity can be defined as an original act of imagination that brings something into existence. It is a desire and innate drive to make new connections between things, to give form, and to transform.”
“Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.”
“Creativity can be nurtured by encouraging and rewarding “creative thinking.”
Source: 100 Digital Rules
“Creativity can be reclaimed as a collective, democratic force—one that transcends the individual and becomes a shared resource for community-led movements, grassroots innovation, and resistance to oppressive systems.”
Source: You Are Creative: Free Yourself to Free the World
“Creativity can flourish in times of crisis, and the absence of specific instruments, circumstances can become a motivator to create. Shifting attention from “I don’t have this, that’s why I can’t do that” to “I want this, and how can I get that?” liberates intrinsic resources that help to be proactive and see opportunities rather than obstacles. Creativity is the result of giving birth to something new, and it’s challenging but the result is gratifying.”
“Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations.”
“Creativity can impact some sort of "CHANGE" in the WORLD. But we must first embrace pure "DIFFERENCES" and work together for a common cause.”
“Creativity can never be explained by appeal to reason alone. Like the birth of a child, creativity compels us not to explanation but to wonder and awe.”
Source: The Wisdom of the Ego
“Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.”
“Creativity can replace conformity as the primary mode of social being. . . . We can cling to that which is passing, or has already passed, or we can remain accessible to-even surrender to-the creative process, without insisting that we know in advance the ultimate outcome for us, our institutions, or our planet. To accept this challenge is to cherish freedom, to embrace life, and to find meaning.”
“Creativity can serve as an anchor in our lives, giving us hope for something beautiful to emerge from the emotional wreckage around us. That’s what I hope my readers will experience in my novels as they escape into another realm...”
Source: A RIVER FOR GEMMA
“Creativity can solve almost any problem.”
Source: George Lois on His Creation of the Big Idea
“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.”
“Creativity cannot be defined in a single word. It involves passion, determination, self-belief, inspiration, but mostly an inner strength to keep going when others disappear.”
Source: The Way Back Home
“Creativity cannot be really regulated, but it can be encouraged. The redevelopment or revitalization of a city is an art. It depends on the individual strengths of a place and the will of the leadership to bring about change. The goal is to establish a cultural infrastructure.”
“Creativity channels your energy into a powerful source which allows you to perform amazing tasks and achieve great things.”
“Creativity comes by breaking the rules, by saying that you're in love with the anarchist.”
“Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.”
“Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.”
“Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.”
“Creativity comes from constraint.”
“Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience.”
“Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions.”
“Creativity comes from the part of the brain that is veritable soup of experiences, memories and influences. We really don't like to start questioning exactly where it comes from, in case it stops coming.”
“Creativity comes from the spiritual realm, the collective consciousness. And the mind is in a different realm than the molecules of the brain. The brain is a receiver, not a source.”
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Creativity comes from within and trusting your instincts. Taking yourself too serious can be harmful.”