"I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality."
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"I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people."
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"All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination."
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"The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity."
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"Creativity is the ability to see and to respond."
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"Your very existence is evidence of your innate creativity. In every moment you are co-creating your reality through your thoughts, your intentions, your words and your actions."
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"One of the things that kept me out of trouble was doing something creative - creativity can't be judged."
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"Creativity has a lot to do with the main idea. Inspiration is what comes when you are dealing with the idea. But inspiration won't invite what's not there to begin with."
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"Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path."
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"In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy."
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"A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience."
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"No matter how much creativity goes into it, cooking is an art. Or perhaps I should say a craft. It abides by absolute rules, physics, chemistry, etc. and that means that unless you understand the science you cannot reach the art. We're not talking about painting here. Cooking's more like engineering. I happen to think that there is great beauty in great engineering."
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"Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it 'creative observation.' Creative viewing."
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"The desire to do something because you find it deeply satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest levels of creativity, whether it's in the arts, sciences, or business."
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"Creativity takes a hit when people in a work group compete instead of collaborate."
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"We can learn that reward comes in creation and re-creation, no just in the consumption of the world around us. Active participation in the process of creation is our right and our privilege. We can learn to measure the success of our ideas not by our bank accounts by their impact on the world."
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"To be successful we must live from our imaginations, not from our memories."
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"None of us are as creative as all of us."
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"The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes."
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"I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!"
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