Paul Butterfield Quotes

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

If you want to really change something, do not try to fight the existing reality. create a new reality.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

That which builds is better than that which is built.

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

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

Our power will be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. We Americans are not destroyers; we are builders.

Most actions do not aim at anybody’s defeat or loss. They aim at an improvement in conditions.

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

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

Making is always a slightly hopeful thing because once you've made something, it'll - the world will be different.

An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.

We believe people with Passion CAN change the World for the Better." -Steve Jobs

Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation

Human beings create more than they destroy.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.

Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.

Frankly, I like new things. I feel like I made a contribution to building a more interactive world. And I'm proud of that.

Our need will be the real creator.

Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.

All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness.

An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at ways to improve things or make things better. I'm not really one to harp on previous records. I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.

Progress is often just a good idea away.

When you go and create something, you want to believe in it. If they don't, we're barking up the wrong tree. But when you believe in something and you see other people believing in it too, it just feels like you're doing something right in the world, and that feels good.

Build what you want to see in the world.