Creativity Quotes - Page 52

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion, our creativity, and our sexuality. Eventually the Earth itself becomes a baneful place. I remember being told by a medicine woman in the Amazon, “Do you know why they are really cutting down the rain forest? Because it is wet and dark and tangled and feminine.

My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target. The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

My ideas and creativity are the sources of inspiration for me.

Creativity is an ode to life. It is not a form of entertainment. It is a form of joy.

The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.

The joy is in creating, not maintaining.

I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors.

We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of an ancient heritage of collective innovation. We work from the grassroots all the way to the national government and the World Trade Organization. It basically means being very multidimensional in our campaigns. And that is where part of the fun is. It involves both resistance and creativity. It involves constructive action, while at the same time saying "no."

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't.

People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the insecurity and exhaustion it creates, and question the sense and purpose of a society where control of a large portion of life is abdicated under contract in the labour market, and where immense creativity and potential is stifled by the need to do difficult and repetitive tasks in order to earn a wage.

Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.

Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

Our ability to respond positively to setbacks, fuels our creativity and lays the foundation for future successes.

Justice of the world is in its creativity, in solving problems, in our activity and struggle. While I am alive there is the possibility to act, to strive for happiness, this is justice.

I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever feel like I'm cornered into one expression of creativity because I'm successful at making films or being an actor. I guess it's best to not paint yourself into that corner.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.

The only place opportunity cannot be found is in a closed-minded person.

People think that creativity is largely a matter of talent, experience, or luck. They are wrong. Talent, experience, and luck are all key elements, but there is something more fundamental, accessible, and powerful that you can use to multiply your creative effect.