Quotes about "Creativity & Arts"

I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it. ”

I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as a kind of therapeutic process, but nevertheless it was a type of unloading that had to occur due to my personal life with my mother's health or just my professional trials and tribulations. ”

I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions. ”

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable. ”

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules. ”

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments. ”

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. ”

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind. ”

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause. ”

Gender fluidity is not really feeling like you're at one end of the spectrum or the other. For the most part, I definitely don't identify as any gender. I'm not a guy; I don't really feel like a woman, but obviously I was born one. So, I'm somewhere in the middle, which - in my perfect imagination - is like having the best of both sexes. ”