Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really.

The best thing you can do when you're not feeling funny is go out and get more stimuli from the world, get out and walk around, read a book, go talk to some birds or a dog and replenish the well, as it were.

People are sources not just of consumption but of innovation.

I can't just close myself off to the world, because then I won't be inspired anymore. I won't be able to talk about nothing.

I'm definitely one of those people that what comes into my head falls out of my mouth. That's a way for me to be even more creative, to sort of get the ball rolling and start parlaying off of somebody and interacting. That charge or that friction sometimes - if it's positive or negative - is inspiring, and it gets people to be I think creative, maybe.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

Pubs are, disturbingly, where I hatch most of my best idea-sculptures: possibly it's something to do with the disinhibiting effects of alcohol, or maybe it's just having company to yack at.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

Everyone in New York is fluid and thinking and inspiring each other.

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

The innovative process is a fragile one, dependent on a complex, often messy interplay of imagination, competition, and exchange. Curbing new ideas hurts not only individual creators but the audience for which they create and the posterity that inherits their legacy.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.

If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.