“I'm certainly not an expert and I imagine I'll spend my life figuring it out. What I do know, is that you can't take it all on yourself: find amazing people to collaborate with, build a team, and support other people doing the same. When you share your goals and ambitions with other people and they share with you, you exist in an energizing cycle of always creating new things with people that believe in you.” PeopleKnowsBelieveGoalSupportImagineTeamShareAmbitionCreatingExpertsCyclesNew ThingsBelieve In YouAmazing PeopleEnergizingGoals And AmbitionsFiguring ItCreating New Things Author:Karlie Kloss
“And it soon became obvious to me that I had to process and keep my relationship with my ex-wife separate from that of my children. They didn't need or want too much personal information about our relationship. Change is good, and ultimately, creating a new path at this point in my life is energizing, creative, and rejuvenating.” WantNeedsChildrenLife IsProcessCreativePathToo MuchWifeInformationCreatingObviousMy ChildrenOur RelationshipExesNew PathsEx WifeEnergizingChange Is GoodPersonal Information Author:Tim Matheson
“Creating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life. Everything great that has come into my life has been through channeling and manifestation of a vision or dream. Pure passion equals love.” Has BeensArtDreamFilmPassionVisionPureCreatingManifestationVisualsChannelingVisual ArtCreating MusicProducing Music Author:Matt Sorum
“Creating things. I love the idea of creation and creativity. Whether it's a character, a short film, a piece of music, a painting, or a bookcase - to watch something go from an idea to a creation is pretty much where it's at for me.” IdeasCharacterFilmWatchesCreativityPiecesCreationPaintingCreatingThings I LoveShort FilmsBookcasesCreating Things Author:Eric Lange
“I have so much joy in my life. I love my husband and kids so much. So much love. I'm also more focused now on spending more time at home and in town instead of going on tour. Because of that nesting, I find that I'm even more into writing and creating.” WritingHomeKidsJoyHusbandCreatingTownsFocusedSpendingMy HusbandMore TimeMuch LoveLove My HusbandI Love My Husband Author:Lisa Loeb
“Tokyopop's been extraordinary. They approached me to do My Dead Girlfriend - Julie Taylor, one of the senior editors was a huge fan of The O.C. - asked if I'd be interested in creating a book for Tokyopop. My Dead Girlfriend was the book we all agreed upon as being the one that I would do first, and they've just embraced it completely.” IfsFirstsBookFansHugeCreatingExtraordinaryGirlfriendEditorsSenior Author:Eric Wight
“I think everybody came into it with the understanding that they would go through an experience that is literally not by the book, that is not executing the script and then going home, but living and breathing these characters and being in the moment with each other, and improvising and creating a lot of present-tense intensity between characters.” ThinkingBookMomentsCharacterHomeUnderstandingCreatingScriptsBreathingIntensityTenseGoing HomeImprovisingExecutingPresent Tense Author:Oren Moverman
“I'm a morning "spinner." That's usually when my brain is thinking too much and I don't necessarily see things positively. So I sit myself down and remember that I'm making it up. I believe we are creating in every moment - making up our reality, so to speak - so when anything gets chaotic or I feel spun out, I remind myself that everything is an interpretation. I can look at it differently and make it work for me in a more positive light.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveLooksI CanMomentsRealityLightRememberSpeakI BelieveBrainMorningToo MuchCreatingDown AndInterpretationPositivelyChaoticMaking UpSpunThinking Too MuchSpinner Author:Dash Mihok
“When I'm not creating or focusing on something I can imagine or invent, I think I go back over my life - I don't recommend this by the way - and you pick up, oh, what'd you do that for? Why didn't you understand this?” ThinkingWayI CanImagineCreatingPicks Author:Toni Morrison
“The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now. I will be in it, if I'm the best man for the job, but it really is about creating characters and shows.” IfsMenCharacterShowsJobsActingCreatingCreating Characters Author:Jason Gann
“I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it really is about the world that I'm creating. That's where my future is.” WorldStillsActorsEnjoyActingCreatingMy FutureGreat Respect Author:Jason Gann
“I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.” I CanHardBigsTogetherSongFunPiecesImagineMiddleShapesProjectsCreatingTablesCookingAlbumsMealsClothingsImagine ThatRecipesClay Author:Erykah Badu
“My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the war years, in the 1940s. She was studying in Lahore, which became Pakistan. She was writing about how women alone could bring peace to the world, that the men with all their greed and egos were creating all these tensions and violence. I always knew she was a feminist, ahead of her time.” MenWorldWritingYearsBookWarMotherFoundStudyViolenceWrittenHe ManEgoCreatingNotesGreedFeministTensionPakistanCleaningTrunksCleaning UpLahore Author:Vandana Shiva
“The companies that provide debt, what do you think their goal is? Is their goal for you to fully understand the cost of your debt? No. So they're basically creating these approaches to make you feel like it is incredibly cheap or just to think about the cost per day rather the cost per year or cost for a lifetime. So debt is very simple mistake.” ThinkingFeelsYearsGoalSimpleMistakeCompanyCostApproachCreatingLifetimeDebt Author:Dan Ariely
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.” YearsHas BeensValuesTermCompanyCreatingUniqueGainsYears AgoManagementInstitutionsEntertainmentEightDespiteAssetsShort TermShareholders Author:Roy O. Disney
“Sometimes, with the scale of a film, it's like when I walked on the sets of "The Matrix," especially in "Reloaded," there was the city square, or in "Revolutions" with some of the machine world, you're like, "Wow, this is a big playground," which is fun to watch. But the acting experience and the collaborating and creating the world, working on the piece, they're the same joys.” WorldSometimesBigsFilmJoyFunActingCitiesWatchesPiecesRevolutionCreatingMachinesScalesSquaresWowPlaygroundsCollaborating Author:Keanu Reeves
“And so there are a lot of bad things. And in this campaign, if there's somebody you don't think should be nominated, if you think there's a coarseness to the campaign that's horrible, if you think it's creating voices around the world that seem to speak for America and damages in the world, you may say it's pretty horrible. On the other hand - what's the reverse?” IfsThinkingWorldShouldMayHandsSeemsAmericaSpeakVoiceCreatingCampaignsHorribleAround The WorldDamageBad ThingsReverse Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“They [Oneida people] didn't want to fix problems one at a time. If someone invited them to a feminist convention, their answer would have been, 'In the new world women will have total equality, so lets spend our energy creating that whole new world.' And to their credit, the women at Oneida probably had far greater practical equality than what any of the women gathered at Seneca Falls experienced in their lifetimes.” PeopleIfsWorldWantHas BeensWholeProblemFallEnergyAnswersGreaterCreatingLifetimeFeministCreditPracticalsNew WorldConventionsInvitedTotal Equality Author:Christine Jennings
“I approach mastering a little differently than some of my peers: I spend a lot of time creating a dialogue with the artist and the producers and mixers to try and get what they really are looking for.” TryingLittlesArtistApproachCreatingDialogueProducersPeers Author:Emily Lazar
“I have an artist background and I got into the field because I heard things in my own head that weren't happening and I wanted to have the control. So I learned to record and mix and do all those things. I found it as a means to an end, and I was fascinated by sound and creating sound. I very quickly became addicted to understanding everything there was to know.” KnowsMeanEndsWantedArtistFoundUnderstandingSoundMy OwnRecordsHeardFieldsCreatingHappeningsBackgroundsFascinatedMeans To An EndUnderstanding Everything Author:Emily Lazar
“Now all of the ideas that I'm talking about, they are not radical ideas. Making public colleges and universities tuition free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States. Rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and creating 13 million jobs by doing away with tax loopholes that large corporations now enjoy by putting their money into the Cayman Islands and other tax havens. That is not a radical idea.” WorldIdeasCountryStatesJobsUsedEnjoyUnitedTalkingMillionsUnited StatesHavensCollegeTaxesCreatingUniversityRadicalCorporationsIslandsInfrastructureRebuildingCrumblingTuitionLoopholesColleges And UniversitiesRadical IdeasCayman IslandsCrumbling Infrastructure Author:Bernie Sanders
“We're in the doing business, or acting business and creating business. We're not in the results business, so we don't have any control over what the result is.” ResultsActingCreating Author:Thomas Jane
“Creating a world in a sci-fi show is almost the whole battle. If you have a great story and you can create a great world, as far as the acting goes, it makes my job a whole lot easier.” IfsWorldWholeStoriesShowsJobsActingEasierBattleCreatingSci Fi Author:Thomas Jane
“The source that creates worlds always is creating and loving, and it excludes no one. It is a source of unlimited abundance. It is a source that has no judgment.” WorldSourceJudgmentCreatingAbundanceUnlimited Author:Wayne Dyer
“I would model well-being by presenting myself as a high-energy person who loves what I am doing and who is thrilled to be able to offer books, tapes, and products designed to make people feel good. I would explain that they are in a store filled with this kind of energy and that creating such a space is exactly why I got into the business in the first place. If you want to feel good, then my store is the place you should visit on a regular basis. I would stay very informed about what's out there and make sure I carry many things with very high energy.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsShouldFirstsWellsKindPersonsBookAbleEnergySpaceProductsOffersCreatingModelsBasesFilledStoresFeel GoodWell BeingTapePresentingHigh Energy Author:Wayne Dyer
“Abbie Hoffman's inspiration was, in a sense, inadvertent. I wanted to do something to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Woodstock at the time, and it just happened that Abbie died the same year. Hoffman was always an inspiration to me, for his activism and execution of that activism, and any of his books will give you a guide and a map to creating almost anything, if you apply it to what it is you want to do.” IfsWantGivingYearsBookInspirationWantedHappenedCreatingDiedGuidesActivismCelebrateMapsExecutionWoodstock Author:Richard Cotovsky
“From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating language, is dependent on a group of cells inside of my brain functioning in a healthy, happy way. I realized in order to get well I had to make the cells that performed those functions well again. It gave me an entirely different way to look at myself as an individual and at all of us as people.” PeopleWayMindWellsLooksDifferentOrderIndividualLanguageMy OwnAbilityBrainGroupsHealthyCreatingFunctionFingersI RealizedCellsDifferent WaysDependentCircuitsGet WellHealthy HappyWiggling Author:Jill Bolte Taylor
“For me it's a new experience every single time, because - The dance community has a great strength in synergizing immediately. So we recognize that opposed to being competition, which we are in the audition process, once we're on the job is about cohesion, it's about striving to highlight each individual in their own element, while also creating something that is visually tantalizing to the audience. While the ingredients of each movie has been different, the recipe for success is the same, which is to click immediately and make the best possible movie.” Has BeensDifferentJobsIndividualProcessCommunityAudienceElementsCreatingCompetitionStriveIngredientsAuditionsRecipesRecipe For SuccessClicksHighlightsNew ExperiencesCohesionCreating SomethingTantalizing Author:Alyson Stoner
“It's really important to keep sponsoring young people so the audience gets used to them and starts enjoying them. They're the only way your show can keep going, otherwise it's going to burn out in one or two years. Hopefully you're creating your headliners of the future.” PeopleWayYearsTwoImportantShowsYoungUsedEnjoyAudienceCreatingHopefullyTwo YearsKeep GoingBurn Out Author:B. J. Porter
“I wore combat boots for two albums, then I went into more of the sparkle and glamour. The older that I've become, I've felt very connected to fashion, especially this past year working with [stylist] Kate Young and creating these relationships with people that I never had before.” PeopleYearsTwoPastYoungFeltFashionCreatingAlbumsConnectedCombatBootsGlamourKateSparkleStylistCombat Boots Author:Selena Gomez
“The key is to trust in your own divinity, to know that you are a piece of God, and that you are like what you came from. As a spiritual being, you have Divinity within. When Albert Einstein was asked about the impact of quantum physics, he said, "It's just all details, I just want to think like God thinks." And God thinks in terms of creating, kindness, beauty and goodness.” ThinkingKnowsWantSaidSpiritualTermKindnessPiecesKeysGoodnessCreatingImpactDetailsPhysicsDivinityQuantumQuantum PhysicsSpiritual Beings Author:Wayne Dyer
“I could create music that sounded as strange as any electronic music, because you see, my opinion about electronic music is that the real composer is the guy who invented the instrument. Pressing buttons is not composing. Composing is about creating something.” RealGuyOpinionStrangeCreatingMusic IsInstrumentsComposerButtonsComposingElectronic MusicCreating Something Author:Glenn Branca
“Music is about imagination. It's about thought. It's about creating something from nothing.” ImaginationCreatingMusic IsCreating Something Author:Glenn Branca
“The business is about coming up with a business plan and using your relationships and networking and seeing your dreams come true. Everyone on this show has their own business. Fifteen minutes of fame is fleeting. It's about learning the business and creating a new business.” ShowsDreamPlansSeeingMinutesFameCreatingYour DreamsOur RelationshipFifteenDreams Come TrueFleetingNetworkingOwn BusinessBusiness PlanNew Business Author:Eva Marcille
“The FBI was creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around.” WorldWayRightsCitizensCreatingRelyApplesFbi Author:Edward Snowden
“The idea of romanticising the world goes back to the idea of creating a harmonious whole where the individual will feel at one with himself, others and nature.” WorldFeelsIdeasWholeIndividualCreatingHarmonious Author:Frederick C. Beiser
“The romantics really did want to romanticise the world itself, and that meant re-creating the state, society and even nature so that it became a work of art.” WorldWantArtStatesCreatingWorks Of Art Author:Frederick C. Beiser
“No one looks for pots of gold, it just happens. Sure, some people are born with an incredible financial ability, and some people are natural salesmen, but creating a business, driving a venture, mobilizing an army, is not something you are born to do - it just happens, by accident.” PeopleLooksHappensBornNaturalAbilityCreatingGoldArmyIncrediblesFinancialAccidentsDrivingPotVentureSalesmanPot Of Gold Author:Ronnie Apteker
“Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.” TryingWellsArtBookBeautifulFilmCreatingSellsWinnerEtcLoserLiberatingMovie BusinessArt MusicCreating Art Author:Ronnie Apteker
“Virtual reality is the representation of possible worlds and possible selves, with the aim of making them appear as real as possible - ideally, by creating a subjective sense of "presence" and full immersion in the user.” WorldRealSelfRealityCreatingAimUsersRepresentationSubjectiveVirtual RealityImmersion Author:Thomas Metzinger
“Thankfully I have a fan base that wants to see me, so I really enjoy creating music that is different.” WantDifferentEnjoyFansCreatingCreating Music Author:Nick Carter
“Nigeria was a blank on the map - there weren't even any maps. The US State Department, everyone said don't go there. It was courageous of Harvard University: the notion was that we would match Harvard students with Nigerian students, so that every student would have a guide, creating a guarantee of intimacy with the city.” SaidStatesCitiesStudentsCreatingNotionUniversityGuidesIntimacyGuaranteesDepartmentMapsCourageousBlankHarvardNigeriaHarvard University Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he's trying to do the same thing to Republican voters. He's trying to convince them that somehow he's the guy that is going to stand up to illegal immigration, but he hires illegal immigrants, that he's fighting for American workers, but he's hiring foreign workers for his hotels, that he's going to bring back jobs from China and from Mexico, but, in fact, he's creating jobs in China and Mexico, because that's where all of his suits and ties that he sells are made.” PeopleWorldTryingMadeFactsJobsArtistGuyFightingClassTrumpRepublicanCreatingSellsWorkersUniversityChinaImmigrationSuitsTiesConvinceHotelImmigrantsIllegalVotersMexicoHiringIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal ImmigrationWorld ClassAmerican WorkersCreating JobsCon ArtistSuits And Ties Author:Marco Rubio
“I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.” CreatingPerformancesTapeCreating Music Author:Paul Lansky
“Once you empower people and say,' Here you are, now you get to dream the great dream of becoming a full citizen with equal rights and radical improvement in your living situation,' you are creating an illusion which will break one day.” PeopleDreamSituationBreakRightsBecomingCitizensOne DayEqualCreatingIllusionImprovementRadicalEmpoweringEqual Rights Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I really enjoy just being an actor. It's fun to be surprised by someone else's writing and to collaborate in creating a character and to leave all the hard decision-making to some other room full of suckers!” WritingHardCharacterActorsFunEnjoyDecisionRoomsCreatingDecision MakingJust BeingSuckerHard Decision Author:Andy Daly
“When it comes to creating graphic novels I always deliberately work on something completely different to the previous one.” DifferentNovelCreatingGraphicGraphic Novels Author:Bryan Talbot
“We are creating the future. It is not determined. If we get our act together and solve our current problems, we could have a sustainable, abundant future. If we don't, we could wipe ourselves out. We are on the verge of doing it with our current politics. It is regressive, going back the other way.” IfsWayProblemTogetherCreatingCurrentsSolveDeterminedWipeVergeCreating The Future Author:Edgar Mitchell
“I'm going to slow down a little bit, but I won't stop creating. I can't!” LittlesI CanBitsCreatingLittle BitSlow Down Author:Brian Pinkerton