Favorite Quotations
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Creativity, 6
Creators on Creating
Every successful creative person creates with an audience of one in mind. That's the secret of artistic unity. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.. The Independent, 1977 Creativity is trying to understand God... I view music as a prayer. It has been for me. It has been my religion. ~ Stewart Harris, Secrets of Songwriting (2003) Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil. ~ Bernard Baruch Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There’s a light inside of you. ~ Judith Jamison The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second-rate. ~ Agnes De Mille Every artist makes herself born. You must bring the artist into the world yourself. ~ Willa Cather Anything can happen. That's the beauty of creating. ~ Ernie Harwell Every man in creating the beautiful appearance of the dream worlds is a perfect artist. ~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning. The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living. ~ Marion Woodman
"Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order." ~ Virginia Woolf