A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.
Love where there is no reason to love
The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so.
I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side.
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their soul...
Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds, eras, characters, continents, people never encountered before, people you wouldn’t care to sit next ...
Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
Creativity flows when the mind is light. Be light and ignite your imagination.
The creative process for me doesn't work as well without an image of an audience in mind.
Basic Principles: 1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy. 2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life -- including ourselves. 3. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we ope...
The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace o...
I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you...
Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.
Solitude is the most fertile land that yields the bumper crop of mind's creativity
I think Dr. Willis McNelly at the California State University at Fullerton put it best when he said that the true protagonist of an sf story or novel is an idea and not a person. If it is *good* sf the idea is new, it is stimulating, and, probably mo...
I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.
There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-bei...
Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.
I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
Restrictions and writing shouldn't mix. Let your mind be open. Let it be a creative canvas.
