Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Quote by Charles Mingus

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I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a...

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a...

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

The key to creativity is to create when you don't feel creative.

The key to creativity is to create when you don't feel creative.

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

For me, the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep...

For me, the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep...

Creativity starts with a little touch of insanity and culminates with the highest trust on...

Creativity starts with a little touch of insanity and culminates with the highest trust on...

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at...

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at...

To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me,...

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me,...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...