Theophilus London Quotes

A lot of art and visual crafts are based on appropriating things.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the opposite of being creative.

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

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

I like to create.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

I like being creative.

I think when you're being creative, you still attach it to reality somehow.

You must be very creative in our business. Creating in this business is making something new, but it is also touching on something old.

I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn't been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we're all sort of retelling something. We're doing a version of something that's already been done.

With soccer, I have the ability to do things differently. That is why I admire Leonardo da Vinci. He was able to create things other people wouldn't believe in.

A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air.

I do not want to repeat myself. I want to reach for something I've never attained. This is the excitement of art.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

Science and art have that in common that everyday things seem to them new and attractive.