Mental illness and creativity are – it’s a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that.
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Indie rock is very healthy, there’s a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary spirit of the late-70s punk scene in regards to design and politics and fashion and stuff like that.
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Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.
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Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.
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Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art.
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What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds ‘body feel’ and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.
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Observe what is with undivided awareness.
“Observe what is with undivided awareness.” Bruce Lee
Creativity always dies a quick death in rooms that house conference tables.
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I believe that creativity is a product of intelligence. I don’t believe that creative work can be produced by fools, dullards, or mediocre people, except in the rarest of accidents. Creativity is a product of desire, thought, experience, experimentation and inner conviction. Taken together, these five qualities imply intelligence and commitment.
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I say to myself, go on seeking, be glad for being sensitive, be glad you’re able to go beyond the resistance inside you. It is our resistance to what we experience that makes creativity possible. So don’t get rid of resistance like that by going around it or trying to eliminate it. Our own limitations put up strong resistance, but it’s because of that that we are creators
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I like to go into the studio and let things happen. I like to just let the session take on. I don’t want to have to clock in at nine and end at eight. That’s just not me, that’s not how my creativity flows.
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When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.
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Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle. If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it!
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The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment.
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Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.
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The thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste – the waste of human intelligence and creativity.
“The thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste – … Read More
One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
“One often makes music to supplement one’s world.” Brian Eno
The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind. However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity. —- Afterword to “Hothouse” Brian Aldiss
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It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity – thats a much tougher matter.
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