Chip Kidd Quotes

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I think you can spread yourself way too thin way too easily, so when I'm trying to create, I'm trying to create ideas for projects and have a vision for other people.

When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.

I'm always working on something. I wish I had more time for free-thinking and brainstorming new ideas. That's not to say my mind doesn't wander, but I find myself wishing for more of that kind of time.

I work using the Brian Eno school of thinking: limit your tools, focus on one thing and just make it work… You become very inventive with the restrictions you give yourself.

When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us... Ideas come. Insights accrete.

Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.

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

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

At night I can write for hours.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep.

You don't disrupt genius at work.

Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But 'letting your mind wander' is very often an important part of the creative process.

For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play.

For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.

You cannot be creative with people around you.

It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

My worst work happens when I get obedient.