Jonah Lehrer Quotes

Constraint inspires creativity

I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me.

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

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

My creativity thrives with limitations.

Many times in music, if you are given limitations, it expands the creativity.

But out of limitations comes creativity.

One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.

A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

Everyone is creative, but we are only as creative as we allow ourselves to be.

Imagination should always be treasured, even when it's slightly off-key.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

I just want to be as creative as I possibly can.

Creativity thrives best when constrained.

The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.

I think constraints are very important. They're positive, because they allow you to work off something.

I think brilliant stuff comes out of working with limitations. One liners are very limiting, but that's what drew me to them in the first place.

I'm used to working with restrictions and that's when you come up with the more creative stuff.

In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want.

In imagination, there's no limitation.

Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused.

Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about it. But if you're not thinking about imagination, I guarantee you're not going to have meaningful innovation.

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

I love being creative in all forms.