Creative Quotes

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

Barbara Januszkiewicz
- Thinking
- Change
- Ideas
To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

Albert Einstein

But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.

Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
- Art
- Business
- Marketing
Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.

Ian Anderson
- People
- Couple
- Find
I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.

B. J. Novak
- Up
- World
- First
A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.

Mallory Ortberg
- Up
- Energy
- Feel
When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.

Bat for Lashes
- Up
- Time
- Music
You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'

Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Me
- Artist
- Vision