Janos Bolyai Quotes

Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.

Design is the courage and brilliance to cover an original and make it different.

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

I like to create.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.

the distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.

I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something.

A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make.

I have discovered such wonderful things that I was amazed... Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.

Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act.

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

Talent works, genius creates.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.

Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.