Siri Hustvedt Quotes

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.

The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.

The artists who stick around for a while are the ones who go, 'Oh, that's cool, never thought of that. Ought to do that.'

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

Creativity is our North Star. This way of working and this speed, this new opening and innovation, putting everything in discussion must remain at the base of what we do.

I can do something with almost anything I see. Everything is still interesting to me.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.

You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.