“In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination.” HumansPassionIndividualImaginationCreativeRightsImpossibleIndependentHuman RightsTyrannyPretenceIndividual Freedom Author:Ai Weiwei
“Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author's sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight into the creative process itself, and into Philip Roth's high calling as a great American artist. The book is, in some ways, a radical rereading of Roth's life and his work. It is impossible, by the end, not to feel a tender admiration for Roth as a novelist and indeed for Claudia Roth Pierpont as an empathetic and brilliant critic.” WayFeelsMindBookRealEndsArtistReadingProcessCreativeImpossibleCallingOffersJudgmentSmartIntelligentFilledCriticsInsightBrilliantRadicalNovelistsWorking ItAdmirationCreative ProcessGreat AmericanPhilipEmpatheticRereadingUnboundClaudia Author:Colm Toibin
“Grant that the idea of God is the most splendid single act of the creative human imagination, and that all his multiple faces and attributes correspond to some need and satisfy some deep desire in mankind; still, for the Inquirers, it is impossible not to conclude that this mystical concept has been harnessed rudely to machinery of the most mundane sort, and has been made to serve the ends of an organization which, ruling under divine guidance, has ruled very little better, and in some respects, worse, than certain rather mediocre but frankly manmade systems of government.” NeedsHumansLittlesHas BeensMadeStillsIdeasEndsGovernmentFacesDesireCertainImaginationCreativeImpossibleMankindDivineConceptsOrganizationGuidanceGrantsAttributesMultipleMysticalMediocreRulingMachinerySplendidMundaneHuman ImaginationSystems Of GovernmentDivine GuidanceDeep DesireInquirers Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.” WayWarMomentsFactsRealityCreativityCreativeImpossibleMilitaryGeniusVictoryMarkTransformationMethodWarfareTestedImprovisationMockDemonicRight Moment Author:Stefan Zweig
“I think creative blocks come from people's life journeys. If you don't know who you are or what you're about or what you believe in it's really pretty impossible to be creative.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsBelieveCreativeImpossibleJourneyWho You AreBlockBe CreativeLife JourneyReally PrettyCreative Block Author:Rainn Wilson
“To be and to be creative are synonymous. It is impossible to be and not to be creative. But that impossible thing has happened, that ugly phenomenon has happened, because all your creative sources have been plugged, blocked, destroyed, and your whole energy has been forced into some activity that the society thinks is going to pay.” ThinkingHas BeensWholeEnergyPayCreativeImpossibleHappenedSourceActivityUglyDestroyedPhenomenonBe CreativeBlockedImpossible Things Author:Rajneesh
“People always say they can't do things, that they're impossible. They just haven't been creative enough.” PeopleEnoughCreativeImpossibleHavens Author:Maureen Johnson
“I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.” PeopleShowsLastsCreativeImpossibleBobSponges Author:Jackie Evancho
“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