"Too many families and schools discourage creativity. I left home because I was determined to do what I wanted to do." --------- Edward Albee, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
"It's my belief that an artist should give people new glasses and a new cubistic approach to looking at themselves." --------- Julie Taymor, theater and film director
James Rosenquist working on 'The Persistence of Electrical Nymphs in Space,' c.1985. Photo: Gianfranco Gorgoni
“I’m always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before.” ---------- James Rosenquist, Artist
“I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path. --------- Daniel Libeskind, Architect
“If you think “I want to be famous,” or “I want to make a lot of money,” my sense is that you don’t go into most creative jobs.” -------- David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-wiining author
“The motivation for creativity is most often the need to express your ideas to other people.” -------- Spike Lee, Film Director
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1975 prior to founding Apple Computer. Courtesy of Margaret Wozniak.
“We knew we had something so huge that Steve and I couldn’t do it by ourselves.” -------- Steve Wozniak, Co-founder of Apple Computer
“I have always felt that, for me, creativity was really using excess energy.” -------- Dale Chihuly, Renowned Glass Sculptor
“People
get enraged at me because they think women should not write about the
things I write about, because the things that I write about, in some
way, break with their notion of what a woman should be.” --------- Erica Jong, Best-selling Author
“There’s a conflict between professionalism that calls for minimizing risk, while creativity encourages risk.” ---------- Milton Glaser, Designer
James Rosenquist working on 'The Persistence of Electrical Nymphs in Space,' c.1985. Photo: Gianfranco Gorgoni
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1975 prior to founding Apple Computer. Courtesy of Margaret Wozniak.