Demetri Martin Quotes

Embrace your constraints.

There's always some room for improvisation.

The most healthy way to be creative is to work with what you have and not sit around wishing you had something different.

I work in response to the limitations of any situation and in relationship to what's possible.

Adapt your techniques to an idea, not an idea to your techniques.

The more constraints I have, the more opportunities I have to be creative to fix those constraints.

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

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.

And in order to succeed in later life, you need creative skills because look at how fast the world is changing.

I just find things that work and embellish them.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions.

It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.

Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

Definition is the death of discovery.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun.

Compromise is the key element. The more constraints you have, the more compromise you have to have. But, I personally believe that, when that happens, you have to get more creative, and you end up with something that is even better.

I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me.

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.

If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.

My dad used to give me old electrical equipment that didn't work anymore, and I'd put things together. I think that's why I like to mix things that don't belong.

I believe that your creativity increases when you evolve with changing technology.