Creativity Quotes

"Well my gun fires seven different shades of shit, so what's your favorite color, punk?"

- Gerard Way

""We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.""

- Wendell Berry

"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent."

- Joe Sparano

"Design is the silent ambassador of your brand."

- Paul Rand

"Design is not a single object or dimension. Design is messy and complex."

- Natasha Jen

"Design is the art of turning constraints into opportunities."

- Aza Raskin

"Engineering problems are under-defined; there are many solutions, good, bad, and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution."

- Richard James

"Design is a journey of discovery."

- Alvin Huang

"Design is not about what you add, but about what you remove."

- Vitaly Friedman

"I don’t care that they stole my idea… I care that they don’t have any of their own."

- Nikola Tesla

"If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness."

- Jeff Bezos

"Engineers create solutions to the world’s problems using math, science, and technology."

- Dean Kamen

"A little drop of paint lets your imagination run wild. A smudge and a smear can make magic appear."

- Barney Saltzberg

"“It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.”"

- Amy Poehler

"Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent."

- David Rockwell

"That is the most fun part of skateboarding, the challenges. There are always new possibilities."

- Nyjah Huston

"The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art."

- John Lasseter

"By shifting your focus to the princess and treating your life's challenges like video games, you can trick your brain and actually learn more and see more success."

- Mark Rober

"I feel a recipe is only a theme which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation."

- Madam Benoit

""Embrace the spirit of December by bringing your best efforts and creativity to every task you undertake.""

""Bailing twine turns every farmer into MacGyver.""

"Life is Like Music"

"Every child is an artist."

"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

"You can discover more in an hour of play than you can in a lifetime of conversation."

"Steaming mugs of coffee foretell an afternoon of productivity and creativity."

"A cup of coffee in the afternoon refuels creativity and inspiration."

"Let this afternoon nourish your creativity and renew your outlook."

"Put work aside for awhile and give your creativity wings to soar."

"Make space for joyful spontaneity and creativity today."