John Coltrane Quotes

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

Curiosity is a great weapon for the artist.

If you're any kind of artist, you've got to ... keep opening yourself to new possibilities.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

Creativity is how we cope with creation. While creation sometimes seems a bit un-graspable, or even pointless, creativity is always meaningful.

I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design.

I do not seek. I find.

Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.

It's good to wander into the studio and walk out with something that's better than you'd imagined it to be. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn't be as much fun.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

Art is lunging forward without certainty about where you are going or how to get there, being open to and dependent on what luck, the paint, the typo, the dissonance, give you. Without art you're stuck with yourself as you are and life as you think life is.

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

I want my children to experience as much creativity as possible. That's what sets your mind on fire.

Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.

I am a very curious person, not just about my life in music. I love arts and creativity.

If you follow the lead of the artists, they will take you places that you could never go on your own.