“The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools.” HumansWellsEarthSpiritualWaterHuman BeingsAbilityCreativeOur LivesAirPlanetsMaterialsSourceDependsToolsSkinsBasesWell BeingApplesSoilSurroundBe CreativeOur PlanetBiosphere Author:Freeman Patterson
“Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable.” IfsKindSelfOpinionCreativeTypeDependsPeriodsMajorsBasesAbsolutesFoundationSpeciesFolksToneWorking ItTwelveMinorsEvidentPeasantsUnthinkableCreative WorkFolk Music Author:Bela Bartok
“Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual object, whose appeal is outside the subject's control. Addiction arises when the subject has full control over a pleasure and can ponder it at will. It is primarily a matter of sensory pleasure, and involves a kind of short-circuiting of the pleasure network. Addiction is characterized by a loss of the emotional dynamic that would otherwise govern an outward-directed, cognitively creative life.” WorldMindKindMatterStatesIndividualLossPleasureCreativeSubjectsObjectsEmotionalDependsAddictionAriseAppealsEncountersExplorationState Of MindPonderingCognitiveSensoryCreative Life Author:Roger Scruton
“If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital.” IfsThinkingIdeasRunningCompanyPrinciplesCreativeDependsFinanceAdvertisingHospitalsEngineeringIngenuity Author:Ken Robinson
“Meaning and value depend on human mind space and the commitment of time and energy by very smart people to a creative enterprise. And the time, energy, and brain power of smart, creative people are not abundant. These are the things that are scare, and in some sense they become scarcer as the demand for these talents increases in proportion to the amount of abundant computing power available.” PeopleMindHumansValuesEnergySpaceBrainCreativeTalentDependsAmountDemandSmartCommitmentIncreaseAvailableProportionEnterpriseHuman MindScareCreative PeopleSmart PeopleComputingTime And EnergyVery SmartBrain Power Author:Steven Weber
“The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.” MatterActionPoliticalLibertyCreativeDependsAdvancementPolitical Power Author:Leonard Read
“One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.” SelfEmotionCreativeDependsPityImpulseDramaticRecallsSelf PitySellersBest Sellers Author:V. S. Pritchett
“A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.” CultureLinesClassCreativeDependsDivided Author:Tom Paulin
“It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.” IfsImportantVisionCreativeFailingDependsDoomedCreative Vision Author:Cliff Martinez
“...when you collaborate with someone else on something creative, you get to places that you would never get to on your own. The way an idea builds as it careens back and forth between good writers is so unpredictable. Sometimes it depends on people misunderstanding each other, and that's why I don't think there's any such thing as a mistake in the creative process. You never know where it might lead.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayIdeasSometimesMightProcessMistakeCreativeDependsCreative ProcessUnpredictableMisunderstandingBack And ForthGood Writers Author:John Cleese
“The productiveness of any meeting depends on the level of thought given to the agenda in advance, and you should never leave a meeting without writing a follow-up list with each item assigned to one person. And go outside. All the big ideas are on the outside. You'll never have a creative idea at your desk.” ShouldWritingPersonsIdeasBigsGivenLevelsCreativeDependsMeetingsListsAgendasDesksItemsBig IdeasCreative IdeasFollow Up Author:Barbara Corcoran
“Fortunately, artists can live off their works, if you're creative at how you do it. If you just depend on the videos and the radio, you're at a loss.” IfsArtistLossCreativeDependsRadioVideo Author:Talib Kweli