Anthony Burgess Quotes

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

Creativity is a quality that we give to every activity that we do.

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

Creativity is a continual surprise.

Censorship is the mother of metaphor.

In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Music is for dreamers, I think.

All creative people want to do the unexpected.

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.

Imagination needs to be fed.

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

I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing - that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is real. There are no rules. The life I wish I was living.

True play is creativity.

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.

I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.