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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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.

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...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with...

I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with...

Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation.

Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability...

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability...

Creation is the manifestation of a thought. It does not instigate but rather fulfills a...

Creation is the manifestation of a thought. It does not instigate but rather fulfills a...

Everything started as nothing.

Everything started as nothing.

The magic of creation has always fascinated me.

The magic of creation has always fascinated me.

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never...

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never...

It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of the fact that what a...

It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of the fact that what a...

Each of our bodies is the master creation of Mother Nature. -Topanga

Each of our bodies is the master creation of Mother Nature. -Topanga

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial.

In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.