Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them. (Plato, "The Republic") >> More Plato Quotations...
A composition-and every work of art is one-is created in a wondrous interplay between imagination and reason, or between mind and reflection. For there will always be an element of chance in the creative process. (Jostein Gaarder, "Sophie's World") >> More Jostein Gaarder Quotations...
But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they're brilliant and creative to begin with-which, unfortunately, is rarely the case-tend to leave infinitely more valuable records behind them than men do who are merely brilliant and creative. They tend to express themselves more clearly, and they usually have a passion for following their thoughts through to the end. (J.D. Salinger, "The Catcher in the Rye") >> More J.D. Salinger Quotations...
It is the obscene horror, the dry, fucked-out aspect of things which makes this crazy civilization look like a crater. It is this great yawning gulf of nothingness which the creative spirits and mothers of the race carry between their legs. (Henry Miller, "Tropic of Cancer") >> More Henry Miller Quotations...
I looked at my right hand, the hand with which I painted. There was power in that hand. Power to create and destroy. Power to bring pleasure and pain. Power to amuse and horrify. There was in that hand the demonic and the divine at one and the same time. The demonic and the divine were two aspects of the same force. Creation was demonic and divine. Creativity was demonic and divine. I was demonic and divine. (Chaim Potok, "My Name Is Asher Lev") >> More Chaim Potok Quotations...
Mankind adapts rapidly to innovation, often in spite of itself. We are amazingly adaptable, which is why we survived - our progeny will not only adapt, they will excel. (Mark Reed) >> More Mark Reed Quotations...
True is His Empire, and True is His Command. True is His Seat of True Authority. True is the Creative Power which He has created. True is the world which He has fashioned. O Nanak, chant the True Name I am forever and ever a sacrifice to Him. (Granth Sahib) >> More Granth Sahib Quotations...
We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a way for families to spend time together doing something creative. And when it's done, everybody will have created a memory they can take home with them. (Amy Anderson) >> More Amy Anderson Quotations...
Heaven is not the wide blue sky but the place where corporeality is begotten in the house of the Creative. (Lu Yen) >> More Lu Yen Quotations...