Quotes about Creativity
There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way.
- Donald Miller
Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance.
- John Malkovich
The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
Picasso says that an artists paints not to ask a question but because he has found something and he wants to share—he cannot help it—what he has found.
- Madeleine L'Engle
I've discovered my vocation. I want to be a writer.
- Paulo Coelho
I want you to be a connoisseur of great questions? Here's one - what would we do if we had no money?
- Jeff Henderson
You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.
- John Malkovich
I'm not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*** off.
- Lady Gaga
You have to first experience what you want to express
- Vincent Van Gogh
To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.
- Amy Grant
America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul.
- Anais Nin
The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
- Bo Burnham