creativity
Dec. 9, 2012
Steve Jobs on ideas vs. execution
Steve Jobs: “the disease of thinking that having a great idea is really ninety percent of the work” (quote)
Tags: Apple · creativity · Steve Jobs
Sep. 10, 2012
Tchaikovsky: Work without inspiration
Tchaikovsky: *There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration….*
Tags: creativity · quotes for writers · Tchaikovsky
Dec. 1, 2011
Just create to create
The Right Brain Terrain Manifesto: “You may not be a Picasso or Mozart but you don’t have to be. Just create to create. Create to remind yourself you’re still alive. Make stuff to inspire others to make something too. Create to learn a bit more about yourself.”
Tags: creativity · quotes for writers
Nov. 17, 2011
“I’ve been stumped here for a while”
Paul Simon performs a partially written “Still Crazy After All These Years.”
Tags: creativity · Dick Cavett · Paul Simon
Aug. 25, 2011
We built it for ourselves
Steve Jobs on the birth of the Mac and the pride of craftsmanship of its creators.
Tags: Apple · creativity · inspiration · quotes · Steve Jobs
Jun. 10, 2011
Think Quantity
Looking over the numbers of prolific artists and innovators reinforces the basic rule: Creativity is a function of the quantity of work produced.
Tags: creativity · On Writing · procrastination · writing tips
Jun. 6, 2011
The creative cycle in a nutshell
A PowerPoint-esque chart by designer/illustrator Christoph Niemann perfectly captures the writing process.
Tags: bookfour · cartoons · creativity
Mar. 29, 2011
What Creativity Means
Creativity is not about making something out of nothing. It is about making something new out of old things. To create, you must remix.
Tags: creativity · On Writing · writing tips
Mar. 21, 2011
The Five Commandments
A few rules for a novelist (or any artist, presumably) struggling to get a new project started.
Tags: creativity · On Writing · writing tips
Jan. 10, 2011
Enjoy the process of creation
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: “Perhaps the most important quality, the one that is most consistently present in all creative individuals, is the ability to enjoy the process of creation for its own sake….”
Tags: creativity · Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · quotes for writers
Feb. 12, 2010
A Lesson from Dickens
In 1839, 27-year-old Charles Dickens was already a superstar. Then he did a strange thing: he applied to law school.
Tags: Charles Dickens · creativity · On Writing
Dec. 16, 2009
John Irving: “A need to be alone”
Big Think interviews John Irving.
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