“I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they can't sell you drugs for being creative. Seriously, the world needs people whose minds constantly wander, because that's how great ideas are stumbled upon.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsMindMayIdeasCreativityCreativeGratitudeDrugClaimsSellsAddWanderExpertsBe CreativeGreat Idea Author:Hal Elrod
“I was always the type of drug user that I had no moderation. When I was smoking and drinking, I was full on smoking and drinking. And I am also the type of drug user where I do smoke and drink, there's no creativity in terms of my writing process. I would just stare at the paper for hours and nothing would get done.” WritingDoneProcessTermHoursCreativityTypeDrinkDrugPaperDrinkingSmokeStaringSmokingUsersModerationWriting ProcessSmoking And Drinking Author:Ryan Lewis
“Anyone who has attempted to create knows the hellishness of it, which consists in the final inescapability from it. Knows that anything, however deadly humdrum to drug the senses, is preferable to it. Knows the gigantic effort to get started on the boundless, unwieldy, shapeless material; the forest of hesitations; of what to keep and what to throw out; the running-out terror and reluctance in one of finishing.” KnowsRunningEffortCreativityMaterialsDrugFinalsTerrorSensesForestsFinishingBoundlessHesitationReluctanceHumdrum Author:Caitlin Thomas
“A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come and be apart of their creativity. At that time, they were eager and on the streets selling drugs or in the studio making music. That was a big part of our lives were I grew up.” IfsWantBigsAsksCreativityRecordsOur LivesStreetsGrewDrugGrew UpNotesStudiosSellingRapperSelling Drugs Author:Nicki Minaj
“If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won’t join gangs. My life since living the gang and drugs has been directed to making positive what it means to be Chicano, human, man, woman, and on how to draw out the imagination and creativity that all people have.” PeopleIfsMenHumansMeanHas BeensArtYoungImaginationCreativityDrugDrawsLeavingMeaningfulGangMen WomenMeaningful LifeImagination And CreativityTrue EducationHope Love Author:Luis J. Rodriguez
“In my experience, I have found that creativity demands a vigilant mind, which is weakened by the influence of drugs.” MindFoundCreativityInfluenceDrugDemandVigilant Author:Ernst Junger
“A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.” InspirationalBookPlayStoriesCreativityDrugEscapismArtistryGreat Book Author:Wentworth Miller
“When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting your health. Drugs are death, in one form or another. If they don't kill you, they kill your soul. And if your soul's dead, you've got nothing to offer, anyway.” IfsSoulFormHurtCreativityDrugOffersYour SoulFooling Around Author:Paul Stanley