“Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch, or even a joke; have never worked in a theatre, taken an acting class, or published any extended piece of work. They are creative virgins; everything they know about theatre is book-learned and second-hand.” PeopleKnowsBookPlayHandsActingClassCreativeTakenPiecesWrittenJudgmentJokesTheatreVirginsSecond HandActing Classes Author:John Lahr
“Creativity builds upon the public domain. The battle that we're fighting now is about whether the public domain will continue to be fed by creative works after their copyright expires. That has been our tradition but that tradition has been perverted in the last generation. We're trying to use the Constitution to reestablish what has always been taken for granted--that the public domain would grow each year with new creative work.” TryingYearsHas BeensUseLastsFightingGrowsCreativityCreativeTakenGenerationsBattleTraditionConstitutionGrantedFedsDomainCopyrightCreative WorkTaken For GrantedPublic Domain Author:Lawrence Lessig
“So I think it was to Bryan's credit that he was able to let go of some of those things because you create these scenes and you think you become creative, even I, acting things, you become very creatively taken by it.” ThinkingAbleActingCreativeTakenSceneLetting GoCreditBryan Author:Brandon Routh
“Ive taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and Ive actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.” BelieveImportantSoulHelpingFoundCreativeTakenThoughtfulHelp MeGet BackSaturdayFeeding Author:Padmasree Warrior
“There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing a debt, which traps students and young people into a life of conformity... That's the exact opposite of [what] traditionally comes out of The Enlightenment. And there's a constant struggle between those. In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?” PeopleTryingHas BeensSchoolYoungTurnsStruggleCreativeTakenStudentsCollegeTrainingEnlightenmentTestsOppositesConstantTrainEducationalDebtPassingPassingsConformityTrapsInquiryImposingIndoctrinationEducational SystemConstant StruggleVocational TrainingPassing A Test Author:Noam Chomsky
“As we progress along the intercultural journey, we become self-reflective about habits of heart and mind and the ways these are expressed in daily life. We develop strategies for encountering change, unfamiliarity and ambiguity in creative ways. We begin to realize that what is taken, as "common sense" is really "cultural sense". Our life becomes richer and deeper for having encountered differences.” WayMindHeartSelfCultureRealizingDifferencesCommonCreativeTakenOur LivesProgressJourneyHabitStrategyDeeperCommon SenseDaily LifeHeart And MindAmbiguityIntercultural Author:H. Ned Seelye
“Organized religion is sane and not silly when read as myth and poetry rather than science and law. Religion speaks nonsense when taken literally, but reveals some of the deepest truths of humankind when understood mythically, poetically, and even allegorically-that is when it is read with an active and creative imagination.” LawReligionSpeakImaginationCreativeTakenUnderstoodActiveMythToleranceSillyOrganizedNonsenseOpennessSaneHumankindOrganized ReligionCreative Imagination Author:Rami M. Shapiro
“Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken, decisions aimed at strengthening that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we came and towards whom we are journeying.” ShouldHumansMeanDoeHuman BeingsDecisionResponsibilityAcceptingCreativeTakenEnvironmentFailingMirrorsEnvironmentalCommittedGod LoveSustainabilityPrudenceJointsCovenantPonderingStrengtheningPostponingCreative Love Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view. Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more made than taken. Without a descriptive caption to justify its existence, it will speak for itself - less descriptive, more creative; less informative, more suggestive - less prose, more poetry.” WantMadeMomentsRealitySpeakViewsExistenceCreativeTakenSeeingSubjectsPureObviousPoint Of ViewBoredProseConcentrationJustifyTouchingSubjectiveFascinationTransformingInformativeCaption Author:Ernst Haas
“Beauty shouldn't be taken too seriously. Life is stressful enough! Hair should be creative and crazy.” ShouldEnoughLife IsCreativeTakenCrazyHairBe CreativeStressful Author:Guido Palau
“If you have that group of people who are both nice and also creative, then you have surprises like a room with monkeys in them. That has taken a very good scene and just made it a great scene. I want my movies to be visually interesting and to have a lot of energy and be colorful and full of life.” PeopleIfsWantMadeEnergyInterestingRoomsCreativeTakenNiceGroupsSceneSurpriseVery GoodMade ItMonkeysColorful Author:Richard Shepard
“Being creative is having something to sell, or knowing how to sell something, or having sold something. It has taken over what we used to mean by being "wised up" knowing the tricks, the shortcuts.” MeanUsedCreativeKnowingTakenSellsTricksBe CreativeBeing WiseShortcuts Author:Pauline Kael
“When our goals are clearly defined and intelligently set, you have, in essence, taken a major step toward programming your left brain. That frees your right brain to be its creative best.” LeftGoalBrainStepsCreativeTakenMajorsEssenceDefinedProgrammingLeft Brain Book:Over the Top Source: Over the Top
“But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCreativeTakenDrugCreative People Author:John Frusciante