Erich Fromm Quotes

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

If I were to try and find a unifying emotion that kept me calm and focused while I was dancing or writing or solving a math problem, I think the one unifying thing about all those that keeps my interest is creativity.

Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.

I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination really takes flight in the painting process when I'm listening to audio books.

When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer could do worse than follow the advice given in those lines.

Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

As I get older, I become more imaginative and feel like I have maybe a shorter time to get a lot of things going on in my mind done.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

If you listen too much, you won't be able to create.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.

You don't disrupt genius at work.

When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a difficult time balancing between my real world and the artificial world.

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But 'letting your mind wander' is very often an important part of the creative process.