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Creative Artist Quotes (page 4)

Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned love so that it can no longer be generous and free and creative, but must be either stuffy or furtive. Bertrand Russell
It was a destructive novel of acquired ideas. To finally wake up in a state of creative anguish, to lose oneself in order to find oneself again, to sleep in the arms of a beautiful student whose name one didn't know, to fall back to sleep over a love poem-that was called existence. The harmonics of artistic creation, of fertile sensibility, of anticipated events-history in movement-that was called a privilege. Elie Wiesel
that manic depression, far from being a liability was an advantage. It was a selected trait. If it wasn't selected for, then the "disorder" would have disappeared long ago, bred out of the population like anything else that didn't increase the odds of survival. The advantage was obvious. The advantage was the energy, the creativity, the feeling of genius, almost, that Leonard felt right now. There was no telling how many great historical figures had been manic-depressives, how many... Jeffrey Eugenides
(James Joyce, in conversation with Carl Jung:)"Literary artists know more about the human mind than you fellers have a hope in hell of knowing. Ha. My craft is ebbing. I am yung and easily freudened. One of these days I'll show the lot of you what the unconscious mind is really like. I don't need any of you. In a sense I am Freud."Jung looked gloomily guilty at the name. "Yes?"What's Freud in English?"Joy."Joy and Joyce. There's little enough difference. Except that I add C and E for Creative... Anthony Burgess
So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four walls of wherever we are. For creative sanity, I must believe that if I just do the next right thing, a path will unfold for me. Julia Cameron
David Alan Grier quote: "I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most..."
I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice. David Alan Grier
Joseph Gordon-Levitt quote: "The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire..."
The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it. Andy Goldsworthy
Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time. Lukas Foss
Luc Ferrari quote: "My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and..."
My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me. Luc Ferrari
Alexander Dubcek quote: "We shall have to remove everything that strangles artistic and..."
We shall have to remove everything that strangles artistic and scientific creativeness. Alexander Dubcek
Rita Dove quote: "I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic..."
I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it. Rita Dove
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. Jean Houston
Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists. Jack Herer
Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side. William Wiley

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