“Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.” FeelsTryingSometimesProcessCreativeDoorsOpeningCreative ProcessClosingExitNever Ending Author:Chris Ofili
“I recognize this in my writing process. A consistent writing structure opens the door to amazing insights. I recognize the truth of this in my daily habits. When I set my keys in the place I, with practice, always set my keys... I do not lose them. In many instances an ordered external structure can be an invitation for an extraordinarily unfettered, creative and unbounded inner structure.” WritingProcessLosesPracticeCreativeDoorsKeysHabitStructureInsightInstanceConsistentWriting ProcessInvitationsDaily Habits Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.” PersonsDoneCreativeStudyDoorsHabitLuckyRoutineGood WorkCreative Person Author:Diane Ackerman
“The popular prophets have underestimated how strange the truth can be. The human brain, that 'perfect instrument,' that 'fabulous electronic dance,' can be our open sesame to an infinitely richer life than we have believed possible. The fluent, liberating, creative, healing attributes of the altered states can be incorporated into consciousness. We are just beginning to realize that we can truly open the doors of perception and creep out of the cavern.” HumansStatesRealizingPerfectHealingBrainConsciousnessCreativeDoorsStrangePerceptionInstrumentsProphetAttributesFabulousLiberatingCreepsAlteredHuman BrainUnderestimatedFluentCavernsDoors Of PerceptionAltered States Author:Marilyn Ferguson
“Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.” PeopleLightGivenCreativeGrowing UpGrowingDoorsEnglandGreenPublishersBangingGreen Lights Author:Nick Bantock
“There is always a critical job to be done. There is a sales door to be opened, a credit line to be established, a new important employee to be found, or a business technique to be learned. The venture investor must always be on call to advise, to persuade, to dissuade, to encourage, but always to help build. Then venture capital becomes true creative capital - creating growth for the company and financial success for the investing organization” ImportantDoneHelpingJobsFoundGrowthLinesCompanyCreativeDoorsCreatingOrganizationInvestingFinancialCreditCriticalTechniqueEmployeeInvestorsVentureAdviseVenture CapitalFinancial Success Book:The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, & Business Organization Source: The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, & Business Organization
“I'm not ambitious when it comes to my acting career. I'm not breaking down my agency's doors or sending out headshots. Even when I'm offered work, I always want small parts. When it comes to things that other people have written, I just don't know what I'm doing. I'm terrible at memorizing a script and reading lines. I get confused and I don't understand and it just looks fake to me. It's more difficult for me to be creative that way.” PeopleKnowsWayWantLooksReadingDifficultLinesActingCareersCreativeWrittenDoorsTerribleScriptsFakeAgencyConfusedAmbitiousBe CreativeBreaking DownSmall PartsMemorizingHeadshots Author:Amy Sedaris
“Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.” PeopleYearsArtistNamesCreativeDoorsTeamDesignCreative PeopleJacobCollaboratorsLouis VuittonCreative Design Author:Marc Jacobs
“There's really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We're always exploring and experimenting. We call it Imagineering - the blending of creative and imagination with technical know-how.” KnowsMovingImaginationSecretKnow HowCreativePathDoorsApproachCuriosityOpeningMoving ForwardCuriousNew ThingsExploringKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardOpening UpNew Paths Author:Walt Disney
“I just wanted to do something that would get peoples' attention. And not only that, but get my foot in the door and be creative. I wanted to do something that was empowering to women, as well as get peoples' attention.” WellsWantedAttentionCreativeDoorsFeetEmpoweringBe Creative Author:Jacki-O
“Surrendered people understand that they can’t always change a situation, especially when the door is shut. They don’t try to force it open. Instead, they pay attention to their own behavior, look at the situation at hand, and find a new, different, and creative way to get beyond the obstacles. They are comfortable with uncertainty.” PeopleWayTryingLooksDifferentHandsForcePayAttentionSituationCreativeDoorsBehaviorComfortableObstaclesPay AttentionUncertainty Author:Judith Orloff
“When the doors to television were opened to me, that was quite a surprise. It's been such a gift that there was so much TV and independent film happening in New York that I could be a part of. There was something to satiate my desire to be artistic and creative, especially when it wasn't in the way I originally thought it was going to be.” WayFilmDesireCreativeDoorsNew YorkTelevisionTvsHappeningsIndependentSurpriseArtisticIndependent Film Author:Aja Naomi King
“I doubted my creative spirit three years ago and God showed me a way to praise Him through song. It opened the door to a whole tapestry of images and concepts that were brand new for me and I continued on that path.” WayYearsWholeSpiritSongThreeCreativePathDoorsConceptsYears AgoPraiseBrandsThree YearsDoubtedBrand NewTapestryCreative Spirit Author:Jonathan Cain