Agnes de Mille Quotes

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

The technical process which is interesting in it's own right but I think the creative process is what's more intriguing to me.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

Creativity is just connecting things.

Creativity, as I see it, is the process of putting your imagination to work. It's been defined rather simply as applied imagination. That's not a bad way to think about it.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.

Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

We have to think big. We have to imagine big, and that's part of the problem. We're letting other people imagine and lead us down what paths they want to take us. Sometimes they're very limited in the way their ideas are constructed. We need to imagine much more broadly. That's the work of a writer, and more writers should look at it.

Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment.

Creativity is not a mysterious thing, it's a historical thing.

I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and think of something new, and that's where creativity comes in.

You know, when you look carefully at stuff that you deal with everyday, applying a little creativity to it and thinking outside the box, it's amazing what you can do.

The best creative solutions don't come from finding good answers to the questions that are presented... They come from inventing new questions!

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

I often try to think about, What sounds like a bad idea, but if you find the right plan of attack, it's actually a really good idea? I spend a lot of time really trying to systematically tackle problems from different angles.

The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.

Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.