“If by intellectual you mean somebody who works only with his head and not with his hands, then the bank clerk is an intellectual and Michelangelo is not. And today, with a computer, everybody is an intellectual. So I don’t think it has anything to do with someone’s profession or with someone’s socia…”— Umberto Eco, theparisreview.org
“Art is the only way to ascend to God, doing what our divine Master did, create.”— Paul Gauguin, proleutimpressionists.tumblr.com
“Sometimes the novel is not ready to be written because you haven’t met the inspiration for your main character yet. Sometimes you need two more years of life experience before you can make your masterpiece into something that will feel real and true and raw to other people. Sometimes you’re not fall…”— Jamie Varon, medium.com
“You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.”— Sophia Amoruso, amazon.com
“If you make the opportunity, you’ll be first in position to take advantage of it.”— Biz Stone, amazon.com
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It…”— Martha Graham, amazon.com
“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.”— Arnold Glasgow, brainyquote.com
“Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.”— Randy Pausch, goodreads.com
“If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”— Austin Kleon, goodreads.com
“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”— Chuck Palahniuk, goodreads.com
“Here’s my advice for anybody out there who is creative and scared: Shout until they fucking hear you. And then shout even louder.”— Chris Gethard, youtube.com
“Scare the world. Be exactly who you say you are and tell the truth.”— Iain Cain Thomas, goodreads.com
“Most of us walk around thinking that our view is best— probably because it is the only one we really know. You'd think the fact that we all have major misunderstandings with people at times—squabbles over what was said or what was meant— would clue us in to the reality that so incredibly much is hid…”— Ed Catmull, amazon.com
“Inspiring more creativity is more important than whether you or I like the creativity we've inspired.”— Lawrence Lessig, amazon.com
“The most profound choice in life is to either accept things as they exist or to accept the responsibility for changing them.”— Don Koberg, amazon.com