Teju Cole Quotes
The creative part of oneself finds its way out. In this case, I got interested particularly in the medium of Twitter and looked for ways to use it creatively.
Quotes to Explore
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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There's no possibility that foresight work will ruin my creativity. It goes to a different area than the creative wellspring of SF.
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I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons.
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Craft is part of the creative process.
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Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
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The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.
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I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.
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Magic symbolises the subconscious - that part of us that is creative and powerful that we sometimes don't tap into.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.
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Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
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I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.
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The only way you can really deal with creative people is with very loose reins.
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I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.
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The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.
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If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
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You say, "Where goest Thou?" I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss: before me lies Dawn and the day: the night behind me: that Suffices me: I break the bounds: I see, And nothing more; believe and nothing less. My future is not one of my concerns.
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It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.
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The creative part of oneself finds its way out. In this case, I got interested particularly in the medium of Twitter and looked for ways to use it creatively.
