“I am very much aware of my own double self... The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child.” ThinkingWellsChildrenSelfSidesMy OwnKnownCreativeEgoResponsibleSecureWell KnownCreative Work Book:Ingmar Bergman: Interviews Source: Ingmar Bergman: Interviews
“What you're always trying to achieve in a creative relationship is one that is egoless... ideas belong to the collective. If you can disassociate your own ego from your idea, then, almost always, everybody will arrive at the same decision as to what is best.” IfsTryingIdeasDecisionCreativeAchieveEgoCollectivesCollaborationAlways Trying Author:Dave Genn
“The word 'ego' is very important. The ego is an important element of being human, and of being creative. We need that ego in order to give us a confidence of doing what we're doing. Ego pushes us into the creative world in order to create for something more. I think that a great company of actors, they all have egos, very strong egos, but they're all prepared to share together in order to achieve something even better than that.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGivingHumansImportantTogetherOrderActorsStrongCompanyCreativeShareAchieveEgoElementsPreparedVery StrongBeing HumanBe CreativeGreat Company Author:George Ogilvie
“Fantasy works inwards upon its author, blurring the boundary between the visioned and the actual, and associating itself ever moreclosely with the Ego, so that the child who has fantasied himself a murderer ends by becoming a Loeb or a Leopold. The creative Imagination works outwards, steadily increasing the gap between the visioned and the actual, till this becomes the great gulf fixed between art and nature. Few writers of crime-stories become murderers--if any do, it is not the result of identifying themselves with their murderous heroes.” IfsChildrenArtEndsStoriesImaginationResultsFantasyCreativeCrimeBecomingHeroEgoWork OutBoundariesFixedGapsMurdererIdentifyingCreative Imagination Book:The Mind of the Maker Source: The Mind of the Maker
“In the creative process, my ego has always been a huge tyrant ... a dictator and kind of rude and very misleading, because sometimes when I'm doing something, I say, "This is great! This is fantastic! Very genius!" And 20 minutes later, I feel like a dead jellyfish. "You are a stupid a**hole. This is a piece of sh*t. Nobody will care about it."” FeelsKindSometimesCareProcessCreativePiecesMinutesStupidHugeGeniusEgoHolesFantasticTyrantsCreative ProcessDictatorRudeMisleadJellyfish Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“The authentic self is the best part of a human being. It's the part of you that already cares, that is already passionate about evolution. When your authentic self miraculously awakens and becomes stronger than your ego, then you will truly begin to make a difference in this world. You will literally enter into a partnership with the creative principle.” WorldHumansSelfCareDifferencesHuman BeingsPrinciplesCreativeThis WorldEvolutionEgoStrongerPassionateAwakeningMaking A DifferencePartnershipAuthentic SelfEgo And Soul Author:Andrew Cohen
“Don't be ashamed of the creative urges which drive you. And certainly don't be ashamed of your ego. Hubris is only hubris when it fails. When Hubris pays off, we call these people geniuses.” PeoplePayCreativeFailingGeniusEgoAshamedUrgesHubris Author:Kieron Gillen
“Creative people are 50% ego and 50% insecurity.” PeopleCreativeEgoInsecurityCreative People Author:Lee Clow
“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
“Ego is something that everybody, creative especially, has to grapple with. You need enough ego to keep going but not so much ego that you're deaf or blind, that you're making a mistake and can't fix the course.” NeedsEnoughCoursesMistakeCreativeEgoBlindMaking MistakesKeep GoingDeaf Author:Steven Soderbergh