Jacob Bronowski Quotes

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

No one has been able to define or synthesize that precarious, splendid, and perhaps untidy instant when the creative process begins. This is what the uniqueness of the artist is all about. The transcendent right of the artist is the right to create even though he may not always know what he is doing.

There is probably nothing more sublime than discontent transmuted into a work of art, a scientific discovery, and so on.

Creativity is just connecting things.

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

I love to be creative.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

I believe in creative work.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

I'm a creator at heart.

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

My films are so new and unique that I don't know where I will end up. Fear keeps me alert. And it's also a part of an excitement.

I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things.

There's something about coming up with something out of nothing. I work with somebody else's creation already, and I just try to make it better.

A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air.

The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.

An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.

A creative moment is part of a longer creative process which, in turn, is part of a creative life.

I think the important thing about staying creative and staying sharp and original is not to look back too much.

Creativity is a form of knowledge.

If you're alive, you're a creative person.