Gerhard Richter Quotes

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

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

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

My way of working was different years ago. I used to wait until an idea came to me. Now I go half-way to meet it, though I don't know whether I find it any the quicker.

[...] beer results in ideas, which results in new code.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

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

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

I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.

Sometimes the best ideas will come in the least inspiring places.

It's a must to continually stay alert and aware because ideas come from everywhere. And beyond relying on your fine-tuned radar to pick up on the next inspiration, consider seeking mentors.

Creative ideas aren't like Jenga blocks, where they fall apart and you've got to start from scratch, though it can feel that way.

Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

I have a creative mind, so if I listen to the song, I have an idea, I thought of five or six months ago, I'll bring it back into the playing field. I can tweak ideas or make them better. Just come up with something and then we go from there.

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

I can't really say - if I've run out of ideas until I've had my next set of ideas.

If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.

The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.

The answer to the question "where do good ideas come from" is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you come up with 20 bad ideas you get one good one.