Quotes about "Creativity & Arts"

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. ”

The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon. ”

Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded. ”

I've always found that I have to audition, but that's a process that I kind of enjoy. I enjoy the challenge, and 'We're The Millers' was the same. It was a long audition process that I had to go through, but I enjoyed the challenge of that. ”

There's such a thing, if you're a finance man, as hitting the figures you need to hit. But there's no equivalent in acting. It's a creative field. It's subjective. That's what I love about it. ”

I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process. ”

Failed weapons tests are necessary components of the weapons development process. ”

Anyone who does anything creative is always gonna want to change. ”

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons. ”

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror. ”