The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in the dissimilar.
The sane genius transforms everything that might disturb us, "the wildest dreams," into something that is familiar and reassuring. It is his artfulness that makes us feel at home; it is the weak writer who makes us feel estranged, or baffled, or lost...
But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.
I was in Milan, and somebody gave me a Trussardi diary, and I thought 'Genius.' Inside I put the Polaroids, how much film I shot, who I shot with. This way, for billing later on, I had all the information.
However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don't do it. It may help to think of it this way. If you were meant to cure cancer or wri...
Self-conciousness is the enemy of all creativity.
Hacks didn't destroy, they just...creatively amended.
The New York Quarterly is an amazing, intelligent, crazy, creative, strange, and indispensable magazine.
A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things.
But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.
Creativity is in the heart of the dreamer.
Love where there is no reason to love
... Hate isn't creative." - Dr. Stillinglfeet, Pg. 247
Copyright Promotes Creativity by Proscribing the Right to Copy
Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.
Doubt is the only reliable source of creativity.
The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities.
