Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.

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.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

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

Creative drives our business; the business doesn't drive the creative.

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

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

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

I don't think anybody came into the movie business to be unoriginal and plagiarising and not having an original idea in their brain.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways.

I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Everything begins with an idea.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe.

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.