Wes Craven Quotes

A creative moment is part of a longer creative process which, in turn, is part of a creative life.

I think it's a big part of being a creative person.

Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

Creativity occurs in an act of encounter and is to be understood with this encounter as its center.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive.

Is it an original idea? Or is it something where you're literally a creative collagist? You're taking pieces of the world that you see around you and that are inside of you and put them together in a way that you see fit.

As a creative person, you need to sort of spread your wings and try different things out because each one really does inform the other.

To the creative individual all experience is seminal-all events are equidistant from new ideasand insights.

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

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.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world

I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things.

I feel like there is plenty of room for fresh ideas, always.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.

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

A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.

I find it inspiring and I always think when I'm working on something new, whether it's a new kind of character or a new kind of story or new kind of camera, it gets my creative wheels spinning.

... the genius never makes anything new, but always something that is just different, and the average talents provide him the possibility within which his genius condenses into achievements.

I'm a very creative person, and the best part about creation is creating. So I always love to come up with new things, new ideas, new thoughts. I cherish things like that.

If you're alive, you're a creative person.