“I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.” ThinkingLevelsCreativityDemandHighestJazzNostalgiaDisdainUnforgiving Author:Pat Metheny
“Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.” InspirationalPlayMusicCreativityJazzSakeMissionsArtisticEndeavor Author:Herbie Hancock
“Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.” WayShouldMusicCreativityJazzRadioFollowing Author:Herbie Hancock
“I prefer music where melody, harmony and rhythm come together and no one element overshadows the other. Jazz at its best is a democracy of creativity.” TogetherCreativityDemocracyElementsHarmonyJazzRhythmMelody Author:Jimmy Heath
“I think there are dozens or hundreds of different forms of creativity. Pondering science and math problems for years is different from improvising jazz. Something which seems to me remarkable is how unconscious the creative process is. You encounter a problem, but can't solve it.” ThinkingYearsDifferentProblemSeemsFormProcessCreativityCreativeJazzSolveMathEncountersUnconsciousRemarkableDozenCreative ProcessPonderingImprovisingMath Problems Author:Oliver Sacks
“Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet been destroyed by technology. But are we making things for the people of our epoch or repeating what has been done before? And finally, is the question itself important? We must ask ourselves that. The most important thing is always to doubt the importance of the question.” PeopleMenBelieveHas BeensImportantDoneTodayAsksI BelieveCreativityDestinyTechnologyDoubtExpressionWallImportanceImportant ThingsJazzProofDestroyedSpoonsEpochGraffitiWooden Spoons Author:Orson Welles
“In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll.” CountryAmericaDifficultCreativityRocksPureCrossesJazzCornersTunesRock N RollUnbelievableFertilization Author:Baz Luhrmann
“Jazz musicians can be great teachers of business. Their creativity is not dependent on their mood, it does not have to be coaxed out of them, it has nothing to do with the phases of the moon or even how they feel that day. They go on stage and start playing. Being creative is their job.” FeelsDoeJobsCreativityCreativeTeacherStageGoes OnMoonMusicianJazzMoodDependentPhasesBe CreativeJazz MusicGreat TeacherJazz MusicianPhases Of The Moon Author:John Kao
“This is a tradition of resistance to the term that's as old as the term itself, especially because that term has been used to commodify and reduce black creativity, and also to appropriate and sell it. That's what John Coltrane said in an interview with a Japanese journalist: "Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist." And he's treated as one of the central figures in the history of jazz. So if he rejected it, then why is it weird when I do it? I'm in the tradition!” BlackTermCreativityTraditionJazzJournalistRejectedColtrane Author:Vijay Iyer
“Business today is all about improvisation, which is the essence of jazz. Perhaps in the past we could just follow the operating manual and do what we were told, but today the world is too complex and fast. Today it's all about real-time innovation and creativity. Individuals may get hired based on their resumes, but they'll get promoted and reach their dreams based on their ability to create. In that context, being a jazz musician was the best MBA I could have ever received.” WorldDreamTodayPastIndividualAbilityCreativityMusicianInnovationJazzJazz MusicImprovisationJazz Musician Author:Josh Linkner
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.” InspirationalSimpleInspiringMusicCreativityLearningDesignJazzSimplicityComplicatedProgrammingJazz MusicSimple LifeCommonplaceSimplifyComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesSimple LivingComplicationComputer LanguageCreative ThinkingJazz MusicianArt And CreativityInspire CreativityPlain And SimpleLiving A Simple LifeSimplicity In DesignDesign InspirationLife Is SimplePlain LanguageSimple SolutionsComplicated LifeLife Is ComplicatedSmooth Jazz Author:Charles Mingus