Dan Trachtenberg Quotes

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

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.

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

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

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

I'm wondering how people are so creative, and how many things were born out of and inspired by the Cube.

One rule of invention: before you can invent it, you have to imagine it.

I love creating. I love being with creative people who can think quickly on their feet.

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!

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

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.

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

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

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.

I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when I get stuck, which happens often, I take the dogs for a walk. But during the time when I'm not actually writing, I'm thinking.

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

It's fun being creative and that's satisfying.