Creativity Quotes

Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.

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"Sound design is the art of sculpting space itself."
Pierre Schaeffer
"Silence is not empty, it is full of possibilities."
Pierre Boulez
"A composer must be willing to destroy in order to create."
Pierre Boulez
"Discipline is the foundation of all creative freedom."
Pierre Boulez
"Every composition is an argument against entropy."
Pierre Boulez
"To create is to take responsibility for your own perception."
Pierre Boulez
"Great art emerges from the tension between order and chaos."
Pierre Boulez
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"One may perform for an audience of one."
John Cage
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"Something new has happened. There is a possibility of making things now without having them be masterpieces."
John Cage
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"Do not try to create and analyze at the same time. They are different processes."
John Cage
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"To be occupied forever by the creative process is to be alive."
John Cage
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"Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make."
John Cage
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"The secret to being creative is knowing how to hide your sources."
John Cage
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"The composer must listen to the cosmos before writing a single note"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Creative practice is a way of knowing that goes beyond intellectual understanding."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Cleaning is just another form of creative expression."
Yoko Ono
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"I'm always thinking about creating. My true task is not to think or to talk or to theorize, but to create."
Yoko Ono
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"I believe in an open-ended creative process."
Yoko Ono
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"I think every person should have a creative outlet."
Yoko Ono
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"You know, I don't think I ever would have thought of myself as a performer."
Laurie Anderson
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"I am always looking for ways to express the inexpressible."
Laurie Anderson
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"I am interested in the intersection of art and science."
Laurie Anderson
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"I believe that every person is born with talent."
Yoko Ono
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"Create the world you want to see."
Yoko Ono
"To create is to measure the unmeasurable."
Ryoji Ikeda
"Creativity flows where control surrenders."
Ryoji Ikeda
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"The best ideas come when we stop forcing them."
Jon Hopkins
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"Creativity flourishes in constraint."
Jon Hopkins
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"I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."
Arca
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"Creation is an act of defiance."
Arca