Quotes about Creativity
the artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time I think that a writer cannot write out of nothing.
— Paulo Coelho
Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.
— Oprah Winfrey
In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.
— Oscar Wilde
We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary talent wasa youthful effervescence which we have now lost.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.
— Seth Godin
Great work is always shunned at first.
— Seth Godin
It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.
— Seth Godin
The professional is acutely aware of the intangibles that go into inspiration. Out of respect for them, she lets them work. She grants them their sphere while she concentrates on hers.
— Steven Pressfield
Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.
— Steven Pressfield
Most of my work is done before we start shooting, preparation work, so my normal day begins when I start writing, it might even be the night before.
— Tina Fey
Sometimes, you can feel or see how a movie can... how you can do it. Sometimes it's just like seeing, "Can that work? Will people buy that? Can we do that?" And all those checkmarks.
— Tina Fey