The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
Thomas CarlyleI want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.
Jackie ChanPeople always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
Kanye WestIt is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
Julius CaesarI guess I’m just inspired to tell stories.
Frank OceanI became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.
Bob DylanI didn’t live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don’t know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
Lana Del ReyYou cannot be creative with people around you.
Karl LagerfeldStand a little less between me and the sun.
DiogenesFor me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.
Alice WalkerWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeI have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Leonardo da VinciEducationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamNo pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen KellerAstronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
PlatoIt may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment.
Kurt VonnegutIt is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI’ve written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that’s what’s been fun about looking back.
Taylor SwiftI never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.
Dalai LamaA good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.
Joel OsteenSiren voices tell me, ‚You don’t have to keep going on.‘ And then you think, ‚I’m a writer. What do I do? Sit there watching my wife clean up?‘ I don’t know. I like being a writer.
Terry PratchettMy priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
Haruki MurakamiThe nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Edgar Allan PoeI learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
Ernest HemingwayThe secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film – whether it’s history, psychology, economics, or architecture – so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn’t going to help you unless you have something to say.
George LucasUnless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I’m really not worth being called an artist at all.
Lady GagaI tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.
Bad BunnyI owe everything to Nirvana. But I can’t let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn’t even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.
Dave GrohlWhenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With each new work, I move up a step and discover something new inside me.
Haruki MurakamiI have already demonstrated, by crucial tests, the practicability of signaling by my system from one to any other point of the globe, no matter how remote, and I shall soon convert the disbelievers.
Nikola TeslaPaintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.
Vincent Van GoghBeing a hybrid maker off and on over the years, I’m very comfortable with the idea and have been the subject of quite a few pretty good mash-ups myself.
David BowieIt does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
J. K. RowlingGetting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don’t know why this one is different, but it is. You don’t know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can’t stop thinking about it.
Taylor SwiftAfter launching the first version of Facebook for a few thousand users, we would discuss how this should be built for the world. It wasn’t even a thought that maybe it could be us. We always thought it would be someone else doing it.
Mark ZuckerbergOne thing about ‚Star Wars‘ that I’m really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That’s why I like the ‚Star Wars‘ toys.
George LucasFirst and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
John C. MaxwellOur goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.
Steve JobsI’m gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they’re gonna like. It doesn’t really matter.
Billie EilishEarly on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn’t be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.
Maya AngelouIf we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
Joel OsteenI believe in being an innovator.
Walt DisneySo vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Alexander PopeThere are different ways to do innovation. You can plant a lot of seeds, not be committed to any particular one of them, but just see what grows. And this really isn’t how we’ve approached this. We go mission-first, then focus on the pieces we need and go deep on them and be committed to them.
Mark ZuckerbergDeep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.
David ByrneI don’t control my writing – it controls me.
Ray BradburyThis thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it’s not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they’re totally one and the same. I’m always going to be thinking about what my voice means.
Lady GagaI love to watch videos, and I’ve always liked to film and take pictures. I have an eye for really weird things that nobody thinks about. I used to make little movies about myself and then edit them on iMovie.
Billie EilishMy lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
Brian EnoWith me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Edgar Allan PoeIntelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador DaliThe poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
SocratesYou ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.
Albert EinsteinI have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.
Terry PratchettYou must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
Ray BradburyI’m not a very creative person, you know? I’m not really an art person. I’m not a great reader or writer or artist or musician.
Tom BradyWhat is Apple, after all? Apple is about people who think ‚outside the box,‘ people who want to use computers to help them change the world, to help them create things that make a difference, and not just to get a job done.
Steve JobsWhen I have a terrible need of – shall I say the word – religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
Vincent Van GoghSometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Albert Schweitzer