351 Quotes About Creative-process

Safe art may soothe us, but it will never transform us.

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.

An ego and appreciation for truth, knowledge, and beauty drives creative efforts.

By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures.

... if you have the talent and can create, what's stopping you? You're the same creative person whether or not you have a degree in art.

All types of writing – prose, poetry, philosophy, and musical verses – entail sharing of thoughts and feelings. Similar to creating any of type of artistic oeuvre, a person whom writes essays and poetry must give part of oneself to other people.

Y algo golpeaba en mi alma, fiebre o alas perdidas, y me fui haciendo solo, descifrando aquella quemadura y escribí la primera línea vaga, vaga, sin cuerpo, pura, tontería pura sabiduría del que no sabe nada, y vi de pronto el cielo desgranado y abierto.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.