Quotes about Creativity

He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his thoughts were merely a common part of the world's store of ideas which had always existed ready-made and which people only borrowed, like books from a library.

The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal.

Characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility that the author thinks no one else has discovered or said something essential about.

A novel is purposely a-philosophic, even anti-philosophic, fiercely independent of any system of preconceived ideas, it questions, it marvels, it doesn't judge, nor proclaims truths.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

The novel is born not of the theoretical spirit but of the spirit of humor.

The genius of lyric poetry is the genius of inexperience.

A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.

I guess what I want to say to us artists and entrepreneurs is that conventional yardsticks of success don't apply to all enterprises. Labors of love count.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.

Make your life a masterpiece; imagine no limitations on what you can be, have or do.