“Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.” PeopleAcceptingCreativeActivityDiscoveryCosmicOwnershipCreative People Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I became really creative around the time I started understanding that people could be creative with music and that that was allowed. I stated taking piano lessons at age five, but I never did what my piano teacher told me to do. I would just do whatever I wanted.” PeopleAgeWantedUnderstandingCreativeFiveTeacherLessonsPianoBe CreativePiano LessonPiano Teachers Author:Michael Angelakos
“What's interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn.” WritingInterestingCreativeInvention Author:Toni Morrison
“When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas.” TryingIdeasDifferentProcessCreativeDifferent ThingsEditingCreative Ideas Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentFeelingsActorsBitsActingCreativeStageSingingCrossesVicesDefinedConfinedVice VersaCerebral Author:Orlando Bloom
“With the advent of digital imaging I made the transition from trying to figure out how to do things to creating objects, characters and the whole cloth. It kind of freed up the analytical part of my brain and I had the opportunity to use more of the creative side of my brain for how things interact with light and integrate into stories.” TryingKindMadeWholeCharacterStoriesUseLightOpportunitySidesBrainCreativeFiguresObjectsCreatingDigitalTransitionIntegratingAdventImaging Author:John Dykstra
“One of the great things about being on a show for a long period of time is watching the show evolve. A friend told me a long time ago "It should be easy" and it usually is if you're not distracted with the usual demons any creative person has. Especially with comedy because you find yourself laughing while you work.” IfsShouldPersonsLongShowsEasyLaughingCreativeComedyPeriodsLong TimeGreat ThingsEvolveDemonFinding YourselfUsualDistractedLong Time AgoCreative PersonLong Periods Of Time Author:John Swihart
“To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to use the creative gifts that the Creator has given you.” UseAbleSpeakGivenImaginationCreativeCreatorStorytellerSpeak The Truth Author:Common
“The people who work in the fashion industry and the people who work in the film industry have a lot in common. They're very creative. Their eye is very aesthetic.” PeopleEyeFilmCommonCreativeFashionIndustryAestheticFilm IndustryFashion Industry Author:Gal Gadot
“I think the truth is the Marvel fiefdom exists very independently inside the Disney world, inside the Disney universe. They're not resistant to that kind of thing but they have their, you know there is a whole sort of machine energy and momentum that is the sort of creative drive behind the whole universe that has a big impact on the individual films. I'm glad those scenes got out there. And we've got a few interesting deleted scenes on this.” ThinkingKnowsWorldKindWholeBigsFilmUniverseIndividualEnergyInterestingBehindsCreativeTruth IsSceneMachinesImpactGladMomentumBig Impact Author:Kenneth Branagh
“Cleveland is a really hard place, it's a very creative place, it feeds you creatively, but it's a very hard place to make a living creatively.” HardCreativeCleveland Author:Bill Watterson
“My thinking brain never stops my creative brain never stops so they wrestle a lot and get in fights sometimes they fight in the night and keep me up.” ThinkingSometimesNightFightingBrainCreative Author:Shelby Lynne
“People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both.” PeopleThinkingHumansArtTwoFactsSpiritIndividualCommonPrinciplesCreativityCreativeArt IsCelebrateDiscoveringArt And ScienceCreative Spirit Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“In the fetus, or a really young child, all the different brain areas are connected to each other, diffusely. And as the brain develops, the excess connections are turned off, so you get very specialized areas. So most people have really specialized talents. What happens in creative people is this pooling doesn't take place.” PeopleChildrenDifferentHappensYoungBrainCreativeTalentAreasConnectionsConnectedExcessCreative PeopleYoung ChildrenFetusTurned Off Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“I think that is a really good message, especially for young girls to hear. The fact that someone like me from the western suburbs of Sydney could become an actress in movies who didn't look like a regular actress, and that I can make it I think gives a lot of hope to other girls who are really creative and don't necessarily follow the standard of what some people consider beauty to be.” PeopleThinkingGivingLooksI CanFactsYoungGirlCreativeMessagesStandardsWesternActressesLike MeSuburbsSydneyOther Girl Author:Rebel Wilson
“A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.” KnowsWorldShouldArtistOrderGivenCreativeStudyCreatingCapacityLaborIncludingAlmightyAvoidingRivalsCreative WritersDuplication Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“I think there are dozens or hundreds of different forms of creativity. Pondering science and math problems for years is different from improvising jazz. Something which seems to me remarkable is how unconscious the creative process is. You encounter a problem, but can't solve it.” ThinkingYearsDifferentProblemSeemsFormProcessCreativityCreativeJazzSolveMathEncountersUnconsciousRemarkableDozenCreative ProcessPonderingImprovisingMath Problems Author:Oliver Sacks
“Sometimes some of the best moments are contributed by the actors being creative, with their own improvisations.” SometimesMomentsActorsCreativeBe CreativeImprovisationBest Moments Author:Woody Allen
“[At Boston College] I started working on the kinds of skills that you need for comedy. It's about being creative and learning to use your gift for being able to let loose and be very unself-conscious. It took me time though before I was really able to get comfortable doing that.” NeedsKindUseAbleCreativeComedyCollegeSkillsComfortableConsciousBe CreativeBoston Author:Amy Poehler
“Never give up. Never stop being creative in finding ways to get exposure. Also, prepared anytime and all the time. You never know who you will run into.” KnowsWayGivingRunningCreativeGiving UpFindingsPreparedBe CreativeNever Giving UpExposure Author:Christina Milian
“Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.” WarGoalAbilityCompassionCreativeSeeingStreetsWallDestructionWorthyTerrorismPursuitPeacefulAggressionScandalBurnoutEcoAbility To Love Author:Deepak Chopra
“The brain is a dynamic system that constantly processes and creates your reality. It works best if you balance all the things that the brain is good at. The brain is good at being adaptable, flexible, creative, and intelligent. But it's also good at playing and just being. A balanced life provides time - every day if possible - so that every function of the brain is allowed to come alive and flourish.” IfsRealityProcessBrainCreativeAliveBalanceFunctionIntelligentBalancedJust BeingFlexibleBalanced LifeAdaptable Author:Deepak Chopra
“I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.” IfsThinkingI CanIdeasDoneLyingNightHoursCreativeWeekBedQuietAwakeCrashMidnightDisturbingOne Night Author:Tom Ford
“The creative process is a very collaborative process. I know it might seem that way because so much ink is spilled and the media is obsessed with business and numbers and studios... but filmmakers don't think of it that way. We just go off and we tell our stories. It's the same torture that we adore, it's the same torture that our forefathers endured making movies in the golden era of Hollywood. So, from my perspective it's no different, I'm sure, from the men and women who I admire so much who made the earliest movies.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayMadeDifferentStoriesSeemsMightProcessNumbersCreativeMediaHe ManPerspectiveMen And WomenHollywoodStudiosAdmireGoldenErasObsessedFilmmakerTortureCreative ProcessAdoreInkForefathers Author:Steven Spielberg
“One of the good things is the relationship between director and editor used to be more contentious. Studios used to leave directors alone more during the post production process and now they're clamoring to get in. So, the director and the editor end up teaming up sort of against the studio to fight what they're doing and you lose the creative tension that you used to have between an editor and a director.” EndsUsedFightingProcessLosesCreativeDirectorsGood ThingsProductionsStudiosUsed To BePostsTensionEditorsContentiousPost ProductionCreative TensionTeaming Up Author:Michael Sucsy
“You shouldn't strategize your career if you're in a creative realm. You can't either. I love the unknown. I love the element of surprise. I've always felt really inspired by it. I love the spontaneity of the job. I think you can't really fight against it.” IfsThinkingJobsFightingFeltCareersCreativeElementsSurpriseInspiredRealmsSpontaneityElement Of Surprise Author:Emily Blunt
“At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with your art no matter what comes your way.” WayArtEndsMatterCreativeNo Matter WhatSticksPreparedThe End Of The DayFilmmakingSheerBe Prepared Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.” ThinkingLongCharacterStoriesShowsMovingActorsInterestingHalfWatchesCreativeWonderfulTelevisionPeriodsDirectorsCreatingIncrediblesStorytellingMediumsObsessedTelevision ShowsTelling StoriesLong Periods Of TimeInteresting Places Author:Elijah Wood
“People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindWantedSchoolCertainSongClassNovelCreativeRocksCollegeBandUniversityBarsRock And RollCreative WritingGreat AmericanFraternityTop 10SyracuseClasses In School Author:Lou Reed
“One summer I worked at Estée Lauder, and I really enjoyed the whole creative process.” WholeProcessCreativeSummerEnjoyedCreative Process Author:Aerin Lauder
“When I started doing improvise music in Europe, in the beginning I thought the way that Europeans were interpreting the reconstruction of deconstruction of this thing that we call jazz - of course it's different than what Americans do, because Europeans have a different history, a different sensibility and so forth - the nature of the creative process itself it's the same; but what comes from that creative process is different, because you have a different history, you have a different society, different language.” WayDifferentCoursesLanguageProcessCreativeEuropeJazzCreative ProcessSensibilityReconstructionInterpretingDifferent LanguagesDeconstruction Author:Hamid Drake
“Short film: you can be poetic and you don't have to answer anything. You can make whatever you want. You have creative freedom with short film.” WantFilmAnswersCreativePoeticShort FilmsCreative Freedom Author:Taika Waititi
“I do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the discovery of something. Then sometimes during filming I like to listen to the same things. It brings me back to a place where I just feel more creative and focused.” FeelsSometimesHelpingBitsRolesCreativeInfluenceDiscoveryFocusedPreparing Author:Rami Malek
“If we listen to the better angels of our nature, there are creative and good solutions to serious problems.” IfsProblemCreativeSeriousSolutionsAngel Author:Matt Damon
“What matters is that you enjoy doing something creative. And I'm more and more seeing that as the key. That success and money or any sort of accolades are really not the experience of the journey. It's all about the process of building something.” MatterProcessEnjoyCreativeSeeingJourneyBuildingKeysWhat MattersAccoladesBuilding SomethingSuccess And Money Author:Josh Lucas
“I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced you to help you get out of yourself or be more creative.” HelpingUseActorsCreative Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“I'm always the kind of friend or girlfriend who suggests, when there's some cataclysmic problem in the relationship, I'm like, "Well, maybe we can come up with a creative activity that will help us out." I'm like, "Let's get out the pens! Draw a picture of how much you hate me!"” WellsKindHelpingProblemHateCreativeActivityDrawsCome UpGirlfriendPensHate MeYou Hate MeKinds Of Friends Author:Miranda July
“I like happy sets. Happy sets are good, and I think people feel comfortable on them. When fear arrives in any context it's just boring and it closes people down. If people feel inadequate or if they feel bullied... It might work for some people but I think, as a rule, it just takes any joy out of the creative process.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsMightJoyProcessCreativeComfortableBoringCreative ProcessInadequateBullied Author:David Yates
“I find it inspiring and I always think when I'm working on something new, whether it's a new kind of character or a new kind of story or new kind of camera, it gets my creative wheels spinning.” ThinkingKindCharacterStoriesCreativeCamerasWheelsSomething NewSpinning Author:Nicolas Cage
“There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether it moves in my direction or away.” KnowsMovingCreativeOne ThingConflictArgumentUnhappyExhausted Author:Jack Nicholson
“Get passed the low hanging fruit. Anybody can grab that! Elevate your thought process and your mind and be creative.” MindProcessCreativeLowsFruitBe CreativeThought Process Author:Eric Thomas
“The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a national neurotic society of creative leaders in various fields of fashion.” AmericaLeaderCreativeFashionFieldsVariousDesignerCouncilNeuroticFashion Designer Author:Oscar de la Renta
“I think the important thing about staying creative and staying sharp and original is not to look back too much.” ThinkingLooksImportantCreativeToo MuchOriginalsImportant ThingsStaying Author:Wes Craven
“Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been involved in or at the helm of, is driven by rhythm, my band is driven entirely by rhythm, machine rhythm, and the purpose of the rock instrumentation is literally to speak the beats, to emulate the rhythms with guitars and bass, with very little articulation, and without being 'progressive'.” FirstsLittlesHas BeensPurposeSpeakCreativeRocksInvolvedBandBeatsMachinesInstrumentsGuitarDrivenRhythmEtcProgressiveBassEmulateHelmArticulationInstrumentation Author:Justin Broadrick
“Acting is a creative process, and directing and music. I think creative people - and I take myself as a creative person and it doesn't mean you have to be an actor, a musician, or a painter - but I think if you are in a creative profession or a creative business you do have a heightened awareness.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanPersonsActorsProcessActingCreativeAwarenessMusicianProfessionPainterCreative ProcessCreative PeopleCreative PersonCreative Business Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I am young! Being creative and keeping your brain occupied is very sensible because if you don't you die, slowly.” IfsYoungDiesBrainCreativeSensibleBe Creative Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I play piano and that's my love. I read and I paint and I compose music, so I've got a pretty full creative life. And it's not because, I'm obsessively creative.” PlayCreativePaintPianoCreative Life Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I've been lucky to work with some of the most creative people and it's true that I enjoy filmmaking and I'm an enthusiast.” PeopleEnjoyCreativeLuckyFilmmakingCreative People Author:Nicolas Cage
“My motivation comes from a love of being creative. I'm in love with music and colour and laughter and dancing and all things that are beautiful.” BeautifulMotivationCreativeLaughterAll ThingsDancingColourBe Creative Author:RuPaul
“To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained, but they still need advice about producers and collaborations and single choice. They need an army and a perspective and creative friction, because nobody has all the ideas.” NeedsStillsIdeasSelfArtistChoicesCreativeRecordsSeeingAdvicePerspectiveArmyStrategyStudiosProducersCollaborationThrowingFrictionSelf Contained Author:Tom Corson