“Your circumstances will line up with your words. ... Words are like seeds, they have creative power. ... The more you talk about it the more you call it in. ... Your words will give life to what you are saying. ... You can change your world by simply changing your words. ... You can use your words to bless your life or curse your life.” WorldGivingUseLinesCreativeCircumstancesSeedsCurseBlessCreative Power Author:Joel Osteen
“Today we are going to talk about words. You know, words are containers for power. They carry creative or destructive power. They carry positive or negative power. We can choose our words and we should do it carefully.” KnowsShouldTodayCreativeNegativeDestructiveOur WordsContainersDestructive Power Author:Joyce Meyer
“I'm a very creative person, and you know when I hooked up with Benny Boom, I said I want it to be a different kind of video. I want it to be crisp, and I want it to relate, [and] not to be so far over people's heads. And that's when we came up with the p-t-d-d-d-d-d (camera flashes.) You know with the picture changing, and that's it.” PeopleKnowsWantKindPersonsSaidDifferentCreativeCamerasVideoRelateDifferent KindsFlashHookedCreative PersonCrisps Author:Swizz Beatz
“I think we're heading into the Creative Age. We've passed through the Agricultural and then the Industrial and then the Information Age.” ThinkingAgeCreativeInformationHeadingsInformation Age Author:Meredith Brooks
“I've started a project called Planet Art. The purpose will be to remind people where I really believe we came from, which was a creative planet, and that everybody can be autonomous through their art.” PeopleBelieveArtPurposeCreativePlanetsProjectsAutonomous Author:Meredith Brooks
“I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.” ThinkingStrongCreativeSavedImpulse Author:Nick Cave
“But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCreativeTakenDrugCreative People Author:John Frusciante
“We always have a basic structure for a piece of music, but we encourage the musicians to elaborate on whatever they feel at that particular moment. There's a definite conversation happening on stage. I think it is very important for us as creative musicians, to instantaneously describe any energy that is visible at that time.” ThinkingFeelsImportantMomentsEnergyCreativePiecesStageParticularConversationMusicianHappeningsStructureVisibleDefinite Author:Lisa Gerrard
“I left for the same reasons everyone leaves jobs that are no longer fulfilling their hopes and aspirations. I didn't see myself spending the rest of my life being a strummer for someone else's dreams. Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bullshit and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.” ReasonDreamJobsOpportunityLeftFeltDecisionMillionsCreativeRegretNeededFameOppositesMirrorsSpendingAspirationBullshitFulfilling Author:Mark Knopfler
“If I didn't have to worry about money, I would be doing the same thing I'm doing now. Additionally, I would maintain other creative outlets -- glassblowing and woodworking. I would operate a salon-format venue geared towards deviation; a destabilization of the audience/rock star dynamic.” IfsWould BeStarsWorryAudienceCreativeRocksOutletsRock StarFormatVenuesDeviationSalonsCreative OutletsWoodworking Author:Jean Smith
“The productiveness of any meeting depends on the level of thought given to the agenda in advance, and you should never leave a meeting without writing a follow-up list with each item assigned to one person. And go outside. All the big ideas are on the outside. You'll never have a creative idea at your desk.” ShouldWritingPersonsIdeasBigsGivenLevelsCreativeDependsMeetingsListsAgendasDesksItemsBig IdeasCreative IdeasFollow Up Author:Barbara Corcoran
“There's really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We're always exploring and experimenting. We call it Imagineering - the blending of creative and imagination with technical know-how.” KnowsMovingImaginationSecretKnow HowCreativePathDoorsApproachCuriosityOpeningMoving ForwardCuriousNew ThingsExploringKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardOpening UpNew Paths Author:Walt Disney
“We'll go back and listen to some 70's music. Just everything. I guess the main thing is that we listen to creative guys, male or female either one. Just people that have got great talent and we're able to say, 'man, that is unbelievable.” PeopleMenAbleGuyCreativeTalentFemaleMalesUnbelievableGreat Talent Author:Eddie Montgomery
“It was about finding creative, original musicians. Musicians who are strong composers. Flexible, empathetic musicians, who are great individually but who also have a great sense for cooperation and collaboration, great listeners as well as great players.” WellsStrongCreativePlayerFindingsMusicianOriginalsCollaborationCooperationComposerListenersFlexibleEmpatheticCooperation And Collaboration Author:Joshua Redman
“God is constantly creating anew. And God also, invites us to be re-created and join the work of God as co-(re)creators. . . . Imagine the Kingdom of God as the creative process of God reengaging in all that we know and experience. . . . When we employ creativity to make this world better, we participate with God in the recreation of the world.” KnowsWorldProcessCreativityCreativeImagineThis WorldCreatingCreatorKingdomsInvitesCreative ProcessKingdom Of GodRecreation Author:Doug Pagitt
“Overcomers have a 'finishing' anointing. They don't merely start things. They keep on moving forward until they complete the task. Many people love to start new things. They like to be creative. They enjoy thinking of new projects and dreaming about new adventures. Often, these people actually start some of the new things they are planning for the future. The problem is that they seldom finish what they start.” PeopleThinkingProblemDreamMovingEnjoyCreativeAdventureProjectsTasksPlanningMoving ForwardNew ThingsBe CreativeKeep MovingFinishingFuture PlansAnointingNew ProjectsNew Adventure Author:Barbara Wentroble
“During these unstable times, let go of any fear or insecurity in your emotions. Look for new ways that you can be rewarded for your efforts. Believe in yourself and your ability to create new streams of income. Rather than continuing in a season of fear, let this be a time to transition into a season of creative success!” WayBelieveLooksAbilityEffortEmotionCreativeLetting GoSeasonsIncomeStreamsBelieve In YourselfInsecurityTransitionContinuingNew WaysBelieve In YouUnstable Author:Barbara Wentroble
“It's like I'll sit down and put my hands on the piano or the guitar, and then I'll hear a sound or I'll feel a chord that will resonate and then I'll get something happening in my voice. My voice is like a car that I get into and drive but I don't know where I'm going. And I record everything. And often, I sort of get into a state, a creative state that is, where I'm just feeling around melodically, and playing things off the top of my head. Then I go back and listen to it and for the first time, hear what I just did. It's like Elvis has left the building while the thing is happening.” KnowsFeelsFirstsStatesFeelingsHandsLeftSoundVoiceCreativeRecordsCarBuildingHappeningsFirst TimeDown AndGuitarThings HappenPianoChords Author:Beth Nielsen Chapman
“When I'm in Los Angeles, it's hard to be creative. For me, New Orleans is one of those places that's like a muse. You can hear music on the streets. There's a certain character the city has that inspires you when you're needing to write lyrics and come up with melodies and come up with rhythm and blues. The city has a pulse and it's an inspiration for me.” WritingHardCharacterInspirationCertainCitiesCreativeStreetsInspireCome UpRhythmLos AngelesMelodyMuseBe CreativeNew OrleansPulseRhythm And Blues Author:Chris Thomas King
“Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to fight it. But when I fought it, the creative process was interrupted, so I ended up going with it. If I'm ever accused of being derivative of my heroes then I would take that as a compliment. I like staying close to the roots of my influences.” IfsWritingHelpingSongFightingProcessCreativeInfluenceHeroRootsRhythmStayingComplimentCreative ProcessAccusedInterruptedMy HeroCabinsDerivatives Author:Dale Watson
“We really had the whole piece laid out in like a Word file, just from beginning to end. It was kind of more like your creative-writing class in school. You know, you have the outline and then you just kind of plug the stuff in the little map you've made.” KnowsWritingKindLittlesMadeEndsWholeSchoolStuffClassCreativePiecesLike YouMapsCreative WritingFilesOutlinesPlugsClasses In School Author:Crowder
“To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying on that... there is some sort of inspiration there and you can't always put your finger on where it comes from. So, it's always been important for me to have my own thing and, even though I'm inspired by and influenced by many different musicians and styles of music, I was very determined early on to have my own thing. So when I sit down to write I don't necessarily have a particular narrative or message in mind. I'm interested in language and in words.” KnowsWritingMindImportantDifferentInspirationLanguageProcessMy OwnCreativeStyleParticularMessagesMusicianFingersInspiredDeterminedNarrativeSongwritingCreative ProcessIntriguingThought ProcessCreative Thought Author:Page Hamilton
“I just wanted to do something that would get peoples' attention. And not only that, but get my foot in the door and be creative. I wanted to do something that was empowering to women, as well as get peoples' attention.” WellsWantedAttentionCreativeDoorsFeetEmpoweringBe Creative Author:Jacki-O
“Mixtapes are extremely important, especially for New York or North East artists. They allow you to be creative, to get feedback and criticism, but most of all, it gets your name out there. I would say about 90-100% of my success was down to the mixtapes.” ImportantArtistNamesCreativeNew YorkCriticismEastBe CreativeFeedbackMixtapesNorth East Author:Joe Budden
“I get total creative control when I'm in the studio now to do what I want to do. If I feel like doing a song I'll do a song. The buzz has been great, in fact a lot of people hit me up now, they're seein me on hiphopgame.com with the journal and I'm just telling people my ideas. All I want to do is make good music at the end of the day.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsHas BeensIdeasEndsFactsSongCreativeStudiosThe End Of The DayJournalBuzz Author:Killah Priest
“Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.” ThinkingIdeasCreativeInspireCreative ThinkingCreative Ideas Author:Barbara Januszkiewicz
“The biggest complaint from people wanting to start a business is, "I don't have capital." Banks aren't lending but if they were, it would give you a greater opportunity to screw things up. So it will help you be creative and spend less. If you have a proven business plan, share with friends and family.” PeopleIfsGivingHelpingOpportunityCreativeGreaterPlansShareProvenComplaintsBe CreativeFamily And FriendsScrewsLendingBusiness Plan Author:Cameron Johnson
“People can be chaos but it's hard to fit it into some creative piece that you made. It's hard.” PeopleMadeHardCreativePiecesFitChaosMade It Author:Elliott Smith
“In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar. So no one ever told me I couldn't write both prose and poetry, and I started out writing all the things I still write: poetry, prose fiction - which took me longer to get published - and non-fiction prose.” WritingStillsAgeSchoolLiteratureFictionCreativeTaughtHigh SchoolProseGrammarCreative WritingNon FictionSixteenProse And Poetry Author:Margaret Atwood
“If during creative processes the desire for money and fame comes before passion and joy, the chances for a big hit decrease considerably, at least in my experience.” IfsBigsJoyDesirePassionProcessChanceCreativeFameCreative ProcessDecreaseMoney And Fame Author:Klaus Teuber
“It's the coolest thing - showing young, bright, and creative people that compassion and a compassionate life is the richest way to live. When you live that life, you create progress, productivity, and innovation.” PeopleWayYoungLife IsCompassionCreativeProgressInnovationProductivityCompassionateCreative PeopleWay To Live Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy.” FeelsWritingStoriesProcessCreativeWrittenShort StoryCreative ProcessImmediacy Author:Ruskin Bond
“I think it's become much harder because I'm more afraid of every step I take. I'm more aware of its ramifications, I'm more aware of the less creative aspects of music - like the business-side of things for example.” ThinkingSidesStepsCreativeExampleAspectHarderEvery StepRamifications Author:Zach Condon
“Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and I get excited talking about making record artwork or working with T-shirt designs. The least exciting part for us is talking about the finances; it's like going to the dentist for us. But we at least try to do it in a creative way and put our stamp on it. I can only think that we create something that's worth the value of that dollar.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanValuesTalkingCreativeRecordsDesignExcitingDollarsExcitedFinanceShirtsPearlsStampsT ShirtJamArtworkDentistPearl JamBassists Author:Eddie Vedder
“I try to build on our management philosophy. I try to understand what the threats and opportunities are for us. Uh, I try to make sure that we're driving innovation and creative destruction hard enough so we're not blindsided, and that our attitude is to, in starting any initiative, any business, is to focus on how we can create value for others, rather than how we maximize profit, because you can make money focusing on, "How do I maximize profit?"” TryingHardEnoughPhilosophyValuesOpportunityAttitudeCreativeFocusDestructionInnovationManagementThreatStartingProfitDrivingMaking MoneyInitiativeCreative Destruction Author:Charles Koch
“My philosophy, one of the biggest enemies of future success is past success, because you become complacent, you become risk averse, and that's one of the things we try to drive here, and this is fundamental to this philosophy, and that's in this component change, and also in value creation. That we need to drive creative destruction, not just incremental innovations, but innovations that will change the whole nature of the business.” NeedsTryingPhilosophyWholePastValuesEnemyCreativeRiskCreationDestructionInnovationFundamentalsComponentsComplacentFuture SuccessPast SuccessCreative Destruction Author:Charles Koch
“I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as you could possibly be as a musician. More so they really want you to stick to something.” PeopleWantFeelsFirstsArtistCreativeMusicianSticks Author:Kid Ink
“Like Thornton Wilder said, time is not a river, but rather a landscape that you step in and out of. I've always found that true of creative work, and I've heard so many songwriters and writers in general say the same thing... When you're going into the realms of your self and trying to tap into the mystery of this creative source, linear time kind of falls away.” TryingKindSaidSelfFallFoundStepsCreativeHeardMysterySourceRiversLandscapeRealmsSongwritersLinearCreative WorkWilderLinear Time Author:Rosanne Cash
“People who are creative often will spend hours doing something and come out of their period of creation and not even notice that hours have passed. In that sense, they're able to time travel.” PeopleAbleHoursCreativeCreationPeriodsTime Travel Author:Fred Alan Wolf
“For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga.” AmericaCreativeGroupsStudents Author:Gish Jen
“It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.” PeopleIfsWayWantIdeasTogetherFightingRoomsCreativityCreativeFiveImpossibleSixSevenBe Creative Author:Adam Duritz
“Keeping perspective and being happy and being energetic and being creative - that's all tied to being healthy.” CreativePerspectiveHealthyTiedBe CreativeEnergetic Author:Wayne Coyne
“Eating good things and being around people who are happy - you want to be influenced by the world because it has so many cool things about it, but it also has a bunch of bad things about it. Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.” PeopleIfsWorldWantCreativeLuckyEatingGood ThingsBunchBad ThingsCool ThingsEating Good Author:Wayne Coyne
“I think it gave us the freedom to be more creative and do things the way we wanted to do them, so if a label liked it that was cool and if they didn't like it fine. Ultimately it was up to us to sink or swim and there was nobody telling us what direction to go in. I think that made the entire record more diverse.” IfsThinkingWayMadeWantedCreativeRecordsFineLabelsSwimDiverseSink Or Swim Author:Jason C. Miller
“I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the sound of our band. With every album we've grown, but I think this is just a really good picture of where we are right now and how we feel our music represents us. Under the thumb of other record companies we haven't had as much creative control and I think with this record we really did our own thing.” ThinkingFeelsTryingShowsSoundSidesCompanyCreativeRecordsHavensRight NowBandAlbumsMatureThumbsRecord Companies Author:Jason C. Miller
“I think of the universe as the body of God, and the creative capability we see and can exhibit as the mind of God. I will use this phrase to describe our system, that it's a creative, intelligent, self-organizing, learning trial-and-error, interactive, non-locally interconnected evolutionary system.” ThinkingMindSelfUseBodyUniverseCreativeIntelligentErrorsTrialsPhrasesCapabilityExhibitsInterconnectedTrial And ErrorInteractive Author:Edgar Mitchell
“Panic is an incredibly catalyzing creative force. And almost out of sheer necessity, I found I had to talk about myself and my real life as it is effectively lived by me.” RealFoundForceCreativeReal LifePanicSheer Author:John Hodgman
“You know, I began my life as a creative person writing true things for magazines and telling some very honest, straightforward personal essaying for This American Life, but until someone forces you, with a deadline, to really observe your life - unless you're motivated to do it yourself - there's so many stories that you miss.” KnowsWritingPersonsStoriesForceCreativeHonestMissingMagazinesMotivatedStraightforwardDeadlineAmerican LifeCreative PersonDo It YourselfTrue Things Author:John Hodgman
“My whole creative career is a product of the Internet. ...I'll take that back. To some degree. My fascination with cultural esoterica and trivia and so on was well-formed long before I got my first AOL account.” FirstsWellsLongWholeCareersCreativeProductsInternetDegreesAccountsFascinationTrivia Author:John Hodgman
“I think Missy Elliot is pretty creative, I mean at least trying to take it to the future.” ThinkingTryingMeanCreative Author:Kool Keith