George Lois Quotes

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it.

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

You have to have an unlimited imagination, an unlimited restraint on your inhibition when you're working. You have to even dare to fail, even in a scene, whatever it is.

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

Creativity has got to have some edge to it, doesn't it?

Innovation, creativity, and lunacy goes hand in hand.

Be brave enough to live creatively.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense.

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

As artists, we have to be brave. If we aren't brave, we aren't artists.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

For me, I love to dream big, and I love to find ways to be a bit of an explorer. These days, it seems like everything is padded and comes with warning labels.

If you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.