“Contradictions if well understood and managed can spark off the fires of invention. Orthodoxy whether of the right or of the left is the graveyard of creativity.” IfsWellsLeftCreativityFireUnderstoodInventionContradictionSparksOrthodoxyGraveyard Book:Anthills of the Savannah Source: Anthills of the Savannah
“I always imagined I would have a life very different from the one that was imagined for me, but I understood from a very early time that I would have to revolt in order to make that life. Now I am convinced that in any creativity there exists this element of revolt.” DifferentOrderCreativityElementsUnderstoodConvincedRevolt Author:Leonor Fini
“The division between the useful arts and the fine arts must not be understood in too absolute a manner. In the humblest work of the craftsmen, if art is there, there is a concern for beauty, through a kind of indirect repercussion that the requirements of the creativity of the spirit exercise upon the production of an object to serve human needs.” IfsNeedsHumansKindArtSpiritCreativityObjectsFineExerciseUnderstoodArt IsConcernAbsolutesProductionsCraftsDivisionRequirementsFine ArtsRepercussionsHuman NeedsIndirectCraftsman Author:Jacques Maritain
“If man understood that "what I create has nothing to do with what anybody else is creating" then he wouldn't be so afraid of what others are doing.” IfsMenCreativityCreatingUnderstoodBeing Different Author:Esther Hicks
“America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that's what will get us on the right track now, as well.” PeopleWellsHardAmericaValuesNationsResponsibilityCreativityHard WorkPoliticianUnderstoodInnovationTrackPersonal ResponsibilityGreat NationsRight Track Author:Benjamin Carson
“McQueen was daring, original, exciting. He shook up the establishment with his creativity and understood what it takes to be a great British ambassador for fashion. I admired him very much. He was a fashion revolutionary that, like me, made the journey from [Central] Saint Martins to Paris where he put his own unique mark on the industry. He will not be forgotten.” MadeCreativityJourneyFashionIndustryUniqueUnderstoodExcitingMarkOriginalsForgottenSaintBritishLike MeRevolutionaryParisEstablishmentDaringAmbassadorsMcqueen Author:John Galliano
“Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.” ThinkingUseCreativityUnderstood Author:Martha Beck