“You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it.” WayCan DoCreativityCreativeObstaclesImpulseSmooth Book:The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Source: The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study
“We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period, provided we work slowly and consistently. Anthony Trollope, the nineteenth-century writer who managed to be a prolific novelist while also revolutionizing the British postal system, observed, “A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.” Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity.” IfsLongRunningCan DoCreativityCenturyHabitPeriodsBeatsTasksBritishProductivityNovelistsLabourLong RunsConsistentlyUnderestimateFrequencyNineteenth CenturyOverestimateDaily Tasks Author:Gretchen Rubin
“I am severely dyslexic, so I'm not the person who can do a lot of typing, writing and mathematics. I don't excel in anything except in things that had to do with creativity and things with my hands. I like to build things and take things apart.” WritingPersonsHandsCan DoCreativityMathematicsTypingDyslexic Author:Raha Moharrak
“Creativity is a celebration of life... I am here! I love life! I love me! I can be anything! I can do anything!” I CanCan DoCreativityLove LifeCelebrationI Love LifeCelebration Of Life Author:Joseph C Zinker
“Making an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology...Art is anything that you can do well. Anything that you can do with Quality.” WayWellsArtProblemLife IsCan DoQualityCreativityTechnologyArt IsSolveTechnological Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“I will work on myself, since the work on myself is going to be the highest thing I can do for it all, since I understand that as man up-levels his own consciousness, he sees more creative solutions to the problems that he's confronting.” MenI CanProblemCan DoWorkLevelsConsciousnessCreativityCreativeHighestSolutionsConfrontingCreative Solutions Author:Ram Dass
“It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.” IfsArtAbleCan DoCreativityDemonArt And Creativity Author:Jeannette Walls
“Never go into debt to become a writer. Always find other ways to support yourself so you can do the work you truly love for the right reasons. Never ask your art to support you. If you ask your art to support you it will either end up comprised or you'll be disappointed with it. It's a lot to ask of creativity for it to provide for you financially. Find a scrappy way to get by and then do the work you love for the reasons you love.” IfsWayArtEndsReasonAsksCan DoCreativitySupportDebtDisappointedSupport YouWork You Love Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“You become things, you become an atmosphere, and if you become it, which means you incorporate it within you, you can also give it back. You can put this feeling into a picture. A painter can do it. And a musician can do it and I think a photographer can do that too and that I would call the dreaming with open eyes.” IfsThinkingGivingMeanFeelingsDreamEyeCan DoCreativityPhotographyMusicianPhotographerPainterAtmosphereWithin YouOpen Eyes Author:Ernst Haas
“I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.” IfsThinkingUseAsksCan DoWonderCreativityComputerCapacityRemarkableCapabilityFractionsPersonal Computers Author:Geoffrey S. Fletcher
“All you can do is learn the skills of movies. Neither colleges nor anyone else can teach you creativity. They can teach you abilities to work with - you know how to use the gifts you've been born with.” KnowsUseCan DoBornAbilityTeachCreativityKnow HowCollegeSkills Author:Frank Capra
“Sometimes you get more creativity when you're in a box than when you can do anything. In really difficult situations, sometimes, you get the most interesting thinking.” ThinkingSometimesDifficultCan DoInterestingSituationCreativityBoxesMost InterestingDifficult Situations Author:Jim Mullen
“Having money hasn't changed me. If anything it's made my life worse. People come up to you who knew you before you were famous and who didn't come up to you before. I'm a clever designer. I can do what the client wants. But I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.” PeopleIfsWantMadeI CanRememberCan DoForgetCreativityChangedPreparedCome UpCleverDesignerClientsUp To You Author:Alexander McQueen
“With McQueen you have so much at your fingertips. That is what's so incredible about this place. Lee built an amazing house, an English house - and that is very important - where creativity rules, where you can do whatever you want to do for the shows because no one's saying: where's your basic dress, where's your three button jacket?” WantImportantShowsThreeHouseCan DoCreativityBuiltDressesIncrediblesButtonsJacketsFingertipsDo Whatever You WantMcqueen Author:Sarah Burton
“What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so far off about making money that now everyone can do it.” RunningCan DoCreativityHip HopHipsMaking MoneyHopsBusinessman Author:M.I.A.
“I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.” IfsI CanRememberCan DoForgetCreativityPrepared Author:Alexander McQueen
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” IfsWayWantWritingHumansWellsArtSoulMatterStoriesHeavenGrowsParentCan DoHurtCreativityCreativeGayRewardsSakeRadioEnormousYour SoulNervesCreative ProcessShowersBearable Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“You can do anything, but not everything.” InspirationalWisdomOpportunityCan DoPowerfulCreativityPositive ThinkingLimitsAchievementLimitationConsultantsCaregiversCool Status Author:David Allen