Wisdom on Creativity

I don’t think money stirs creativity. I think if you are naturally creative, you end up doing it because you cannot do anything else. If you think “I want to be famous” or “I want to make a lot of money,” my sense is that you don’t go into most creative jobs. – David Halberstam

I think to be creative, you have to resist taking the easy path. You have to resist common truths, and you have to take certain risk. Not risk for the sake of taking risk, but risk to delve into territories that are not well traveled. – Daniel Libeskind

To my mind, a lot of business creativity has to do with visualizing the future that others don’t see. In business, success comes when you see something – you see a pattern, and may be you look at different things that are not completely related – and when you look across those things, you suddenly see a kernel of an idea. And that has the potential of making an impact. – Nandan Nilekani

…the process of creating the work is a process of discovery, both inner and outer discovery. It cannot be forced and you don’t know where it comes from, but in surrendering yourself to the process, you make discoveries. – Erica Jong

My creations try to be a question, rather than an answer – James Rosenquest

My method is more like golf, which is the only sport where you move from general to specific in an ideal number of discrete, correcting moves. The first stroke is just out there, the second stroke corrects that, and the third corrects that further. – Chuck Close

When I attended art class in college we would argue for a whole session over “What is Art?” Someone suggested, “It’s something you do and not something you just talk about. – Chris Bangle

Creativity within an individual can manifest itself in many different ways such as in somebody actually being an amazingly good parent. There’s nothing at the human life level that’s more fundamental than being a fantastic parent. That’s the ultimate – that’s probably the most creative act. – Paul Warwick Thompson