Creativity Quotes

"The composer must learn to abandon preconceived ideas."

"Creativity requires both freedom and discipline."

"The world is divided into those who create and those who consume; I prefer creators."

"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed."

"I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work."

"Genius is taking 99 labors to 1 idea and perfecting an important something nobody knew was needed."

"A restless mind is a productive mind."

"I compose like I breathe."

"The greatest art comes from surrender."

"To compose is to reveal the hidden order."

"Creativity flows from consciousness."

"Consciousness is the material of art."

"Every noise tells a story."

"Creativity flows from receptive silence."

"Creativity flourishes in freedom."

"To organize sound is to create music; to organize noise is to create something else entirely."

"Discipline and imagination are not opposites; they are partners."

"The greatest works arise from the greatest constraints."

"The score is merely instructions; the performance is the art."

"Imitation is the death of art; transformation is its birth."

"The listener's expectation is the composer's greatest obstacle and greatest tool."

"The modern composer inherits the ashes of tradition; from them, he must create fire."

"Routine is the enemy of art; vigilance is its guardian."

"A note out of place can illuminate more than a thousand correct notes."

"I always say I write for the future. I don't write for today or yesterday."

"Innovation demands that we abandon comfort for exploration."

"Creativity is rebellion against the ordinary."

"Genius is not inspiration, but the art of making hard work intelligently applied."

"We want to construct banjos as we construct automobiles."

"Creation begins when we stop trying to imitate nature and start observing it."