Quotes about Creativity

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have been a great artist. Instead, she looked down on her art.

I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

Writing is a form of mischief.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.