Gertrude Stein Quotes

Creativity is a continual surprise.

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

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.

Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Hospital'. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Pablo Picasso'. I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that.

You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.

Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

There's no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.

I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature.

I go wherever my creativity takes me.

There can be no technique or formula for creativity.

Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating.

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment!

Creativity is about a reaction.

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.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

A good idea is something like an emotion, you just can't keep it in.