Joseph de Maistre Quotes

Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.

Of course creativity is a mystery. We don't know what drives it or what constitutes it. It's one of those things, like genius, you know it when you see it but it's impossible to define.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from.

You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer.

Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is understanding without research. It is certainty without proof. It is ability without practice. It is invention without limitations. It is imagination without boundaries. It is creativity without constraints. It is...extraordinary intelligence!

To be an artist means not to compute or count.

True understanding is the spur of genius

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a story seems, it can be made credible. If you feel an insane idea strongly enough, you've usually got something.

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

Once in a while, I do these things that would make the 10-year old version of me laugh. I don't know why. You've got to do something a little bit immature. I'm surprised at how often those are my best ideas.

My inspiration is endless; I can't define it. It is a constant flow and evolution. In general, I'm taking it from everywhere. People get nervous when they walk with me, as I'll see something and suddenly have to text it to myself.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.

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

Whenever people ask where I get my sick and twisted ideas from, I reply, 'Just open your eyes.'

You can't rush inspiration.

There can be no technique or formula for creativity.

Everything that I've ever made in my life is from my instinct.

Creativity is about a reaction.

Maybe you have a particular type of sound you want to go for, but if you really want to be original, there's no real recipe for that. For me it's just about letting it come to you... if you can let your head clear out, then almost anything is available.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.