imaginative mindset Quotes

That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself.

The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities.

The thing that hasn't changed, and I don't think will ever change, is that the operative word in music is "play." You have to have a playfulness about it. As the world shifts, it's starting to understand more and more that to have a playfulness about any and everything is actually the way of having a better life, or being more creative, or being more productive.

In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am still of the same opinion. Imagination, industry [hard work], and intelligence-the three I's-are all indispensable to the actor, but of these three the greatest is, without any doubt, imagination.

May you keep dreaming until the day you die. May imagination overtake memory. May you die young at a ripe old age.

To be creative, a person has to internalize the entire system that makes creativity possible. Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.

To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.