The more you reason the less you create

Quote by Raymond Chandler

Topics: Creativity Quotes, Reason Quotes

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an...

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an...

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he...

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he...

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us...

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are...

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are...

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his...

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his...

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled...

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled...

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The more you reason the less you create.

The more you reason the less you create.

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could...

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could...

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even...

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even...

I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and...

I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on...

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on...

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd...

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...