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My life will be the best illustration of all my work. — Hans Christian Andersen

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops. — Oscar De La Renta

Creativity is an inherently human trait that allowed us to dominate our environment and make our way to the top of the food chain. — Harry Hoover

The creative process requires chaos before form emerges. — Marilyn Ferguson

Creative people do not belong in the university because the process is antithetical to the analytical process so necessary for proper scholarship. — Rita Mae Brown

Looking at the creative process is like looking into a crystal: no matter which facet we gaze into, we see all the others reflected. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

Leaders are creators. They bring their visions to fruitition through the creative process. — Phil Pringle

Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it's a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the part of the viewer. — Robert Mankoff

The creative process obtains in all creative acts. So if I'm painting suddenly I'll see something that I didn't see before. — Annie Dillard

It is kind of ridiculous that a poet is expected to live in the real world. — Sanober Khan

I got in touch with the creative process between the age of 14 and 16, mainly because I was alone so much. — Chris Cornell

I actually think the creative process is finite, and I'm wondering whether I've retched everything up. Because it's like vomiting or shitting. — Andy Partridge

The creative process must be explored ... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves. — Rollo May

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. — Joichi Ito

The artist performs only one part of the creative process. The onlooker completes it, and it is the onlooker who has the last word. — Marcel Duchamp

The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing. — Garth Hudson

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work. — Barbra Streisand

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing. — Kris Jenner

It's not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them. — T. S. Eliot

The best thing about a being a writer is the creative process. I often describe it as a beautiful headache that I wouldn't change for anything. — Nicole Huggins

My creative process is quite slow. I hear melodies in my head while I'm washing the dishes and I allow my subconscious to do the work. — Sinead O'Connor

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. — Red Haircrow

I love the idea of creative collaboration. I love the idea of exploring marriages, particularly ones that are in process for a long time. — Sacha Gervasi

When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas. — Catherine Hardwicke

Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable. — Stephen L. Carter

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely. — Josef Albers

Creative activity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. — Arthur Koestler

Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process. — Frank Iero

You need to create space for your creative process to thrive rather than expect it to operate in the cracks of your frenetic schedule. — Todd Henry

She pours sugar on her life
and drinks the artist's marrow
in the bone of her glass and she lives. — Kelli Russell Agodon

I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process. — Gil Gerard

I suddenly realised, hey, I'm not a lazy idiot, I'm an idler! It's something to aspire to, it's part of the creative process! That's fantastic! — Tom Hodgkinson

Any resistance is not only normal but necessary-it is part of the creative process. — Paulo Coelho

Consuming the content and culture of creatives does not make one a creative. Creating makes a creative. — Ryan Lilly

Being a writer is not just about typing. It's also about surviving the rollercoaster of the creative journey. — Joanna Penn

Painting is of course multifarious, and for all of us the goal is, gaining control without impeding the creative process. — Don Farrell

The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

I gradually realized that I was seeing another example of creative ebb, another step by another art on the road that may indeed end in extinction. — Stephen King

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing. — Alfonso Ribeiro

A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block. — Ryan Lilly

- But Abraham, you mean I'm supposed to make stuff up !?!?
- You are creators, you make stuff up all the time! — Esther Hicks

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form. — Robert McKee

You must study the Masters but guard the original style that beats within your soul and put to sword those who would try to steal it. — El Greco

Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process. — Rachel Ward

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make. — Truman Capote

Art is the overflow of emotion into action. — Brian Raif

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time. — Alvin Ailey

Theater is the crucible where we can create the dynamics of life without suffering the flames of their combustion. — Tom Althouse

The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art. — Stephanie Lennox

There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo. — Alan Watt

The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone. — Twyla Tharp

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process. — Ellar Coltrane

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured. — Joni Mitchell

The technical process which is interesting in it's own right but I think the creative process is what's more intriguing to me. — Casey Neistat

We all have 10,000 bad drawings in us. The sooner we get them out the better. — Walt Stanchfield

An idea made real through imagination shapes the spiritual prototype of a thing created. — Garry Fitchett

Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been. — Lukas Foss

The usage the creator spirit gives its vessels is rough, it wears them out, discards them, gets a new model. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The creative process is beautiful and magical thing. Whether its a song, a radio story, or a novel, it all springs from the same place in the heart. — Greg Kihn

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something. — Amy Lee

The trick to finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got. — Julia Cameron

The lesson here is not to take Camus to the beach. — Leo X. Robertson

Chaos is the first step in the creative process. — Jill Bolte Taylor

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process. — William Hurt

Creativity isn't a switch that's flicked on or off; it's a way of seeing, engaging and responding to the world around you. — Rod Judkins

The way the creative process works is that .you first say something, and later, sometimes years later, you understand what you said. — Michael Lewis

The movement
Of the body is
Where poetry
Begins — Clint Catalyst

When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process. — Annie Parisse

I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge. — Michael O'Donoghue

Critical Thinking has the potential to be a deeply creative process. — Pearl Zhu

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process. — Scott Kahn

It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention. — Ted Dekker

Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process
it is, after all, black magic. — Edward Albee

When the work is the best work, it's more like being a secretary than it is a creative person, you just sort of take the stuff down. — Stephen King

Pencil. Paper. Forget the world. — Shaun Hick

I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process. — Alexa Chung

I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process. — M. Night Shyamalan

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process. — Lynn Collins

Every creative act, however small, enriches our species and the world around us. To find and nurture talent, is to be truly wealthy. — Stewart Stafford

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt. — Robert Lopez

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The eyes of the creative spirit can see in all directions. — Orna Ross

Your experiences are the foundation for your story; your imagination takes it from there. — J.R. Young

The joy of the creative process, minute by minute, hour after hour, day by day, is the sublime path to true happiness. — George Lois

With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact. — John Cho

Writing is like shadow boxing. Editing is when the shadows fight back. — Adam Copeland

In the end, the effectiveness of our creative process comes down to whether we're going to whine or do the work. — Blaine Hogan

Get passed the low hanging fruit. Anybody can grab that! Elevate your thought process and your mind and be creative. — Eric Thomas

fiction writing can be a blast when you set aside debilitating notions of perfection and just dive headlong into the creative process. — Chris Baty

For every dilemma, find at least three or four possible solutions. The creative process leads to better results. — Marilyn Suttle

Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better. — Catie Curtis

i write
because

it is
the only way

i can
reach you. — Sanober Khan

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. — Julia Cameron

We are the yin and the yang of the creative process. — Cynthia Weil

The brain is like a muscle; books are the diet and writing is the workout. — Stewart Stafford

I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life. — Paul Dano

Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind. — Carla H. Krueger

The creative process is a living thing, implanted, as it were in the souls of men. — Carl Jung

Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz. — Chris O'Dowd

I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide. — Bernard Arnault