Clara Schumann Quotes

A work-in-progress generates its own energy field. You, the artist or entrepreneur, are pouring love into the work; you are suffusing it with passion and intention and hope.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

I feel fiery in my life. I feel fiery in my art.

Great art can only be created out of love.

Being an artist is celebrating life.

Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

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

Music to me is life. It's what gets me going.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen.

I love the passion you go through while you're creating.

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.

Creativity is an energy. It's a precious energy, and it's something to be protected. A lot of people take for granted that they're a creative person, but I know from experience, feeling it in myself, it is a magic; it is an energy. And it can't be taken for granted.

I like being surrounded by all the stuff that makes me feel creative and inspires me.

Every album is like starting our career over again. We don't get blase, we don't get lazy.