Ted Nelson Quotes

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

I'm creative; I'm not re-creative.

As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became an artist because I didn't know what to do and I thought it was really fun to make things.

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

I've always been creating, no one had to teach me how to create, I always made things.

You can only write your own vision.

I didn't have any real idea that I was going to be an artist; I had no idea what that meant.

Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.

Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things.

Creativity is a spiritual issue.

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description.

You can think of creativity as applied imagination.

Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product.

Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.

I'm not sure that an art career would have any benefit for me; I'm not sure it's what I want. I don't think I want to be a designer-rock artist.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

Own what you are, and I mean whether that's art, or whether that's fashion, or whether that's music, or whether that's acting, or whether that's politics, or whether that's literature; it's own what you are, and grab it, and, you know, be as prolific as possible.

... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.

Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.

The severest test of work today, is not of our strategies, but of our imaginations and identities.

In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be.

Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming.