Creative Quotes

Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.

I'm a creative consultant, whatever that means.

Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.

Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression.

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.

The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.

When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta' be creative, you gotta' let your talent take over.

I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more.

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.

I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side.

Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?

Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself.

Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.

The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

I've always been creative, I think.

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.

At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people.

I make about two movies a year outside the 'True Blood' schedule. I work on a great show six months a year, then outside that I get to satisfy whatever creative urges I have. It's a great position, especially for a single guy like me.

When you're young, you're fearless and more creative, more of an outsider.