Franklin P. Adams Quotes

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

I don't believe in writer's block.

Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it pulls and it makes a kind of a bait. Ideas will come swimming up. And you don't know them until they enter the conscious mind. And then bingo! There it is! You know it instantly. And then more come in. If you go fishing for ideas, a lot of ideas will just pop in. And one of them will make you fall in love.

An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This makes life lovely and lively.

I love to create. I love to make magic. I love to create the unexpected.

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

Everyone wants a definition of creativity that makes what they do into something special and what everyone else does into nothing special. But the fact is, we're all creative. We come up with weird and interesting ideas all the time. The biggest difference between 'creators' isn't their imagination - it's how hard they work. Ideas are easy. Doing stuff is hard.

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

Talent works, genius creates.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

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

I want to create. I think that's the one word I can grow on.

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.

Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all the difference in art.

Work is the opposite of creativity.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

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

I'm ready to create.

I believe in creative work.

I've never had writer's block.

For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play.

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

When you're writing something that is truly original it takes time.