“Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.” CreativeStudentsMaterialsDisciplineFunctionGuidesGuidanceCreative Work Author:Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled as he remarked, "It's hard to say, but one thing I do know: if you love life, life will love you back!" What a wonderful insight! That philosophy explains how a man in his eighties can continue to be so creative. For life is simply filled with exciting blessings for everybody. They're ours if we give enough of ourselves to life!” IfsKnowsMenLifeGivingHardEnoughPhilosophyLife IsAbilitySecretCreativeWonderfulOne ThingLove YouHard WorkDisciplineBlessingExcitingFilledInsightLove LifeDedicationEightyPianist Book:The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ... Source: The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ...
“In the creative arts you draw a special power. The discipline required is awesome to be an actor or an actress, to be really good, not just another one waiting tables.” ArtSuccessActorsWaitingCareersCreativeSpecialBuddhismDisciplineDrawsTablesActressesCreative ArtWaiting Tables Author:Frederick Lenz
“What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyones ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be.” IdeasSometimesFoundCreativityCreativeNeededDisciplineStructureLimitation Author:Ashwin Sanghi
“There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.” JobsArtistPassionWhiteAttentionCreativeMysteryDisciplineHotVery GoodAwfulPipeGlamorousCreative Artists Author:Tom Hanks
“Although in society in general, the idea of an Irish composer of 'classical music', or whatever you want to call it, is still a strange item, generally speaking. Even in the arts, among our fellow creative artists in other disciplines, you still feel slightly out of it.” WantFeelsArtStillsIdeasArtistCreativeStrangeDisciplineFellowsComposerItemsClassical MusicCreative ArtCreative Artists Author:John Kinsella
“It's hard for me to say what would happen if I didn't go to art school. It wasn't that I learned any specific painting or drafting skills at school that I felt I couldn't have taught myself. However there is something quintessentially unique and important that you gain by immersing yourself in ascholastic and creative universe, and being held to certain academic standards while being surrounded by artists of varying disciplines.” IfsArtImportantHardHappensSchoolArtistCertainUniverseFeltCreativeTaughtPaintingDisciplineSkillsUniqueStandardsGainsAcademicArt SchoolDraftingImmersing YourselfAcademic Standards Author:John Dyer Baizley
“The discipline of writing a memoir comes in the editing. This is where I cut, slash, and burn - where my creative mind is transformed into a ruthless one. No word escapes my scrutiny. It is here where I see what boundaries need to be set.” NeedsWritingMindCreativeCuttingDisciplineBoundariesMemoirTransformedEditingRuthlessScrutinyCreative Mind Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking.” ThinkingWayWritingCharacterHelpingCreativeDisciplineScripts Author:Gillian Flynn
“Discipline gives you the freedom to be creative.” GivingCreativeDisciplineBe Creative Author:Denise Morrison
“Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.” WarFeelingsFacesAbilityCreativeKnowingAwarenessProduceHabitDisciplineBattleUnderstoodWarriorWorthwhileDaringConsideringScopeExceedTransformingAstonishment Author:Carlos Castaneda
“Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character. Golfing is more than keeping the left arm straight. Every good golfer is a complex engine that runs on ability, ego, determination, discipline, patience, confidence, and other qualities that are self-taught. So it is with writers and all creative artists. If their values are solid their work is likely to be solid.” IfsSelfMatterCharacterRunningArtistValuesLeftAbilityQualityCreativeTaughtArmsDisciplineEgoDeterminationComplexesVery GoodEnginesPackagesGolfersGolfingGood WritersCreative ArtCreative ArtistsSelf Taught Author:William Zinsser
“It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a tradesman - a tradesman in a good honest trade. You must learn the technical skills, and then, within that trade, you can apply your own creative ideas, but you must submit them to the discipline of form.” PeopleThinkingIdeasFormHeavenBornCreativeHonestGeniusDisciplineSkillsTradeStartingSubmitStarting OutCreative IdeasTechnical Skills Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
“I knew that, without killing the creative mood, I had to keep the balance between my emotional outburst and the merciless discipline of a super-personal control, thus submitting myself ti the self-imposed law of dance composition” SelfLawCreativeEmotionalBalanceDisciplineKillingMoodCompositionOutburstEmotional Outbursts Author:Mary Wigman