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"We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is another, and yet another behind the last one, and so on, up to the true image of that absolute, mysterious reality that no one will ever see."
"Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth."
"What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity."
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom."
"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations."
"We have this idea that everyone should be totally independent, totally whole, totally together spiritually, totally fulfilled. That is a myth. In reality, our lack of fulfillment is the most precious gift we have. It is the source of our passion, our creativity, our search for God. All the best of life comes out of our human yearning, our not being satisfied."
"Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not."
"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."
"Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better."
"Creativity is great-but not in accounting."
"The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius."
"The more you think, the more time you have."
"Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art."
"You cannot mandate productivity, you must provide the tools to let people become their best."
"Art is what you can get away with."
"The best way to create value in the 21st century is to connect Creativity with Technology"
"Each time we try to express ourselves we have to break with ourselves."
"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."
"Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. You can buy a person's hand, but you can't buy his heart; his heart is where his enthusiasm is. You can buy his back, but you can't buy his brain. That's where his creativity is. Treat employees as volunteers just as you treat customers as volunteers, because that's what they are. They volunteer the best parts - their hearts and minds."
"I go wherever my creativity takes me."
