Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where bizarreness masqueraded as creativity.
Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are no...
A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the wor...
I do not seek. I find.
Creativity is a delicious dream from which I never want to awake.
When I think of normality I think of mediocrity
after life has broken you open, perhaps you may create art
Life of scarcity teaches creativity.
My mind is the pendant, creativity is the chain
Creativity could be described as letting go of certainties.
I would rather be a real Timex than a fake Rolex.
The epiphany in this thought is that we simply cannot and do not create in isolation. As I paint my blank canvas others leave their mark on my masterpiece. Many have added colors and textures I knew n...
Learn to work on your work.
True art comes from the anonymous self.
While teachers often complain that their students seem to do very little thinking, teachers who simply follow the manual should understand that they are actually contributing to the problem. Students...
We are all potential of un-excited creativity
Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
I want to live a creative life.
There is this one thing that makes a big difference: creativity! There is this one thing that gives birth to great things: imaginations! The world we see is a product of creativity and imaginations, a...
I think much of a #writerslife is figuring out how much coffee is needed to fuel madness & creativity while avoiding having to pee.