James Tate Quotes

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

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

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

A lot of our creative flow comes from a place of curiosity and exploration. It often feels like we're excavating and asking questions and not just giving answers but really just exploring.

Get creative with your friends and just make stuff because you never know where it can end up.

For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

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!

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

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

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

Fundamental research is needed to make progress, which you cannot do solely by copying others. If you only do applied research, you quickly lose creativity.

Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.

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

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

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

If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.

You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens.

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