“In producers, loafing is productive; and no creator, of whatever magnitude, has ever been able to skip that stage, any more than a mother can skip gestation.” AbleMotherCreativityStageCreatorProducersProductiveMagnitudeSkipGestationLoafing Book:Teacher in America Source: Teacher in America
“I'm interested in doing anything and everything that I can to squeeze the creativity out of my brain. I guess I'm kind of a performance rat, that's what I want to do, I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. I just love putting creativity into a performance.” IfsWantKindI CanLove IsBrainCreativityStagePerformancesRatsAnything And Everything Author:Dane Cook
“Producing and deejaying are two different outlets to the same creativity. When I'm in the studio I get to create and go through my process. When I'm on stage I get to share the results of that process with everybody. It's two different experiences but they both go back to the same thing and I love them both.” TwoDifferentProcessResultsCreativityShareStageStudiosOutletsDifferent Experiences Author:Justin Smith
“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
“It takes creativity at every stage to make the discontinuous leap from one level of knowledge to the next. These discontinuous leaps of understanding lead to insights that in turn lead to value creation.” ValuesTurnsNextUnderstandingLevelsCreativityStageCreationInsightLeap Author:John Kao
“An improv artist's best instrument is their ability keep their antennae clean so they're able to receive what I call the connection to creativity. It's the thing that you see in any amazing moment that any human being is performing. Whether it's watching Michael Jordan navigating through all these attackers and then suddenly rising up and putting the ball in the most amazing way, or watching an actor on stage playing Shakespeare, but not thinking about the actor anymore or the stage or you or the chair, any of these kinds of moments of transcendence.” ThinkingWayHumansKindMomentsAbleArtistActorsHuman BeingsAbilityCreativityStageConnectionsBallsInstrumentsCleanPerformingRisingChairsTranscendenceJordanMost AmazingRising Up Author:Reggie Watts