Creative Quotes - Page 55

The result of the mathematician's creative work is demonstrative reasoning, a proof; but the proof is discovered by plausible reasoning, by guessing.

One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for something else. In fact, arguments often serve the purpose of using up energy, so that the couple does not have to take the courageous, creative leap into an unknown they fear. Arguing serves the function of being a zone of familiarity into which you can retreat when you are afraid of making a creative breakthrough.

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it.

I decided that I did not want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because these also exerted a kind of pressure, and obstructed absolute creative freedom.

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

I desire that your conjectures should not reach beyond your creative will. Could you create a god? Then do not speak to me of any gods.

While every noble morality develops from a triumphant affirmation of itself, slave morality from the outset says No to what is "outside," what is "different," what is "not itself"; and this No is its creative deed.

The creative person pays close attention to what appears discordant and contradictory... and is challenged by such irregularities.

The creative individual not only respects the irrational in himself, but also courts the most promising source of novelty in his own thought.

I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, a desire for a free and creative life.

I think everyone is born creative but it can be suppressed by fear.

The very basis of creative work is irreverence! The very basis of creative work is bold experimentation. There has never been a creator of lasting importance who has not also been an innovator.

Gambles are the most fun because it's part of being an actor or being a creative person. It's risky only in the vulnerable sense. And then outside of that, no one gets too hurt by it.

I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally in the creative chessmaster.

She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.

Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.

It is not certainty which is creative, but the uncertainty we are pledged to in our works.

Enthusiasm is when the universe creates through you. You are involved in a creative act. You are bringing something new into this world. When that energy comes in, you feel an intense aliveness that flows into what you do. That is enthusiasm.

The state of presence is the only state in which creative energy is available to you.

You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.

Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.

The creative person prefers the richness of the disordered to the stark barrenness of the simple.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it. Also, finding meaning and purpose in your life to make a contribution.