Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Quotes

Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying.

It's easier to destroy than it is to create, but I've always enjoyed the creative aspect of the game.

Just remember one criterion: whatever you do should not be in the service of destruction, it should be in the service of creativity.

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.

We really do prefer to build things rather than destroy things, believe it or not.

I enjoy making and creating things.

Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

I just build and build more yall niggas build and destroy

Creative people are like a wet towel You wring them out and pick up another one.

Human beings create more than they destroy.

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in.

It's the coolest thing - showing young, bright, and creative people that compassion and a compassionate life is the richest way to live. When you live that life, you create progress, productivity, and innovation.

I love making things. I love building things. I love the idea that something's in the world that wasn't there before.

To be creative you actually have to do something.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.

Only the mind that has emptied itself of the known is creative. That is creation. What it creates has nothing to do with it. Freedom from the known is the state of a mind that is in creation.

If we truly want an innovative and creative renewable fuel industry, then it needs to be challenged. And if we create a set of protections that allow it to not be as creative and innovative as possible, then we aren't doing a service to the industry or to the people of this country.

Advice for young people who want to channel their personality into creative work - be authentic.

Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?

... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

We just wanted to build the best thing we could build

The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand him, than it was to discover the new truth.

I'll never stop working. I want to die in the saddle. A day is wasted for me if I haven't done something even mildly creative.