“Many rules for the creation of colour schemes have been published in recent years, but, while they are popular in commercial studies, I know of no creative artist who employs them. They are, per se, restrictive; their use precludes any chance of adventuring in this interesting field.” KnowsYearsHas BeensUseArtistChanceInterestingCreativeStudyCreationFieldsColourSchemesCreative ArtCreative ArtistsAdventuring Author:Walter J. Phillips
“If you see yourself in a favorable light, if your image of yourself is pleasant, if this visual concept of yourself cannot be shaken by temporary defeats, then you have reached the goal achieved by the most fortunate. Not everyone reaches this mental state; in fact, many people do not even believe it is possible. Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the inner-harmony we desire. This type of awareness is not an accident, it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative.” PeopleIfsMindBelieveMatterStatesFactsLightDesireUnderstandingGoalConsciousnessCreativeStudyAwarenessTypeConceptsHarmonyDefeatAccidentsFortunatePleasantVisualsPeace Of MindTemporaryTemporary Defeat Author:Bob Proctor
“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
“People like to think the creative process is romantic. The artist drifts to sleep at night, to be awakened by the subliminal echoes of his or her next brilliant idea. The truth, for me at least, is that creativity is primarily the result of hard work and study.” PeopleThinkingIdeasHardArtistNightNextProcessSleepResultsCreativityCreativeStudyHard WorkBrilliantCreative ProcessEchoesAwakenedBrilliant IdeasSubliminalResults Of Hard Work Author:Grant Achatz
“To be creative, first I need to be really organized. If my apartment's messy I need to clean it. It's like before you start doing your homework or studying for a test, you have to have a clean room.” IfsNeedsFirstsRoomsCreativeStudyTestsCleanOrganizedApartmentBe CreativeMessyHomework Author:Demetri Martin
“I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before I left Calcutta: Spend two years studying creative writing at the Iowa Writers Workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class.” WritingYearsTwoHomeNightFatherLeftClassCreativeStudyWrittenReadyCommandTwo YearsAirportsCreative WritingFlewBack HomeSelectedWorkshopsIowaCastesCalcuttaPasturesBridegroomWriting Workshop Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“All creative people hate mathematics. It's the most uncreative subject you can study.” PeopleHateCreativeStudySubjectsMathematicsCreative People Author:Alec Guinness
“I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think well draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.” ThinkingWellsJobsCreativeStudyDrawsKitchenHolidayPoliteVeilsJoyous Author:Fergus Henderson
“A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.” KnowsWorldShouldArtistOrderGivenCreativeStudyCreatingCapacityLaborIncludingAlmightyAvoidingRivalsCreative WritersDuplication Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative control. But I loved the craft and my father wanted me to get a college degree. Seemed natural to study what I loved and Marymount Manhattan has a wonderful theatre program, I highly recommend it! A lot of what I learned there I apply to my comicbook writing and pacing.” WritingEnoughAgeWantedPoliticalFatherNaturalActingCreativeStudyWonderfulCollegeDegreesProgramTheatreI RealizedCraftsVocationManhattanPacingCollege Degree Author:Holly Golightly
“The fact is that I write under duress, often in my bed, often at the last minute. I'm kind of a binge writer I would say, which I don't support. I was always kind of that way. Probably the time I was the most regular as a writer was college. It was like, what else is there to do when you're living in the Midwest studying creative writing?” WayWritingKindFactsLastsSupportCreativeStudyMinutesCollegeBedCreative WritingMidwestLast MinuteBingeDuress Author:Lena Dunham