“I have come to use the pan-Celtic history, which spans from 500 BC to the present, as a creative springboard. The music I am creating is a result of traveling down that road and picking up all manner of themes and influences, which may or may not be overtly Celtic in nature.” MayUseResultsCreativeInfluenceCreatingThemeCelticSpringboards Author:Loreena McKennitt
“Simply put, we have to be smart about how we use our power. Not because we have less of it indeed, the might of our military, the size of our economy, the influence of our diplomacy, and the creative energy of our people remain unrivaled. No, it's because as the world has changed, so too have the levers of power that can most effectively shape international affairs.” PeopleWorldUseMightEnergyEconomyCreativeInfluenceMilitaryChangedShapesSmartAffairInternationalSizeDiplomacyBeing SmartLeversCreative EnergyInternational Affairs Author:Hillary Clinton
“I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.” IdeasWaitingLinesCreativeInfluenceEverydayThings In LifeMundaneCalmingEveryday ThingsWaiting In Line Author:Gail Tsukiyama
“For a man is a little lower than the angels, yet was made that he might become the companion of the Creative Forces; and thus was given--in the breath of life--the individual soul, the stamp of approval as it were of the Creator; with the ability to know itself to be itself, and to make itself, as one with the Creative Forces--irrespective of other influences.” KnowsMenLittlesMadeSoulMightIndividualGivenForceAbilityCreativeInfluenceAngelBreathsCreatorCompanionApprovalStamps Author:Edgar Cayce
“Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid.” MenBigsKidsImaginationCreativeInfluenceGreenProfoundEndeavorAvoidingBlueberriesGodzilla Author:Jeremy Robinson
“I do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the discovery of something. Then sometimes during filming I like to listen to the same things. It brings me back to a place where I just feel more creative and focused.” FeelsSometimesHelpingBitsRolesCreativeInfluenceDiscoveryFocusedPreparing Author:Rami Malek
“When you start something creative for the first time, you are completely free, no real influences other than your own vision.” FirstsRealVisionCreativeInfluenceFirst Time Author:Matthew Williamson
“To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate - useful and actionable. It must somehow influence the way business gets done by improving a product, for instance, or by opening up a new way to approach a process.” WayIdeasDoneProcessCreativeInfluenceProductsApproachOpeningInstanceAppropriateNew WaysImprovingBe CreativeOpening Up Author:Teresa Amabile
“Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to fight it. But when I fought it, the creative process was interrupted, so I ended up going with it. If I'm ever accused of being derivative of my heroes then I would take that as a compliment. I like staying close to the roots of my influences.” IfsWritingHelpingSongFightingProcessCreativeInfluenceHeroRootsRhythmStayingComplimentCreative ProcessAccusedInterruptedMy HeroCabinsDerivatives Author:Dale Watson
“The most advanced, creative and original thinking is always a product of historical context and the influences of previous geniuses, mentors, and collaborators on the mind of the originator.” ThinkingMindCreativeInfluenceProductsGeniusOriginalsHistoricalMentorCollaboratorsHistorical Context Book:Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds Source: Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds
“The great danger of the media is that it gives us a very perverted view of the world. Because the focus and the repetition of messaging is on the negative, that’s what our minds start believing. This warped and narrow view of what’s not working has a severe influence on your creative potential. It can be crippling.” WorldGivingMindBelieveViewsCreativeFocusInfluenceMediaDangerNegativeSevereRepetition Author:Darren Hardy
“Peter Fonda was just this clean, cookie-cutter kind of a guy. Roger Corman turned him into the motorcycle man with The Wild Angels. Jack Nicholson, all of them, they all had these images that Roger Corman fueled, and Easy Rider, it was a big surprise to understand how much creative influence Roger had. A lot of people dismiss him as just launching famous people's careers or being a penny pinching producer, but he's so much more than that.” PeopleMenKindBigsGuyEasyCareersCreativeInfluenceAngelCleanSurpriseProducersPeterCookiesPenniesMotorcycleRogerRidersLaunchingCuttersNicholsonPinchingCookie CuttersBig SurprisesEasy Rider Author:Alex Stapleton
“I really wanted to explore a range of women who aren't necessarily perfect, heroic women. I wanted to series to influence creative people to include more women in their work, especially historic works.” PeopleWantedPerfectCreativeInfluenceSeriesRangeHeroicHistoricCreative People Author:Anita Sarkeesian