Creative Life Quotes - Page 5

• My idea in terms of managing a narrative, or in thinking in my creative life, is that you could easily argue that the past, the present and the future all occur simultaneously, and if you can postulate that, then you're not strictly bound to a linear narrative.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Past, Thinking, Ideas

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• You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Real, Creative

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.85, Anchor

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• I started producing out of necessity. It's not that I want to become a full time producer, but it gives me control over my creative life.

  Michelle Glick

  Giving, Creative, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I love that I live a creative life. It is in the work that I do - acting, writing, and directing. It's also in the mindfulness of every part of my life, from a meal that I prepare for family and friends to putting my imagination to work in a garden.

  Regina Taylor

  Writing, Garden, Imagination

  "Golden Globe and NAACP Image Award winner Regina Taylor: Living a creative life". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't possible to save mankind.

  Wislawa Szymborska

  Creative, Humanity, Mankind

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• The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Creativity, Creative, Solitude

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• A creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.

  Will Self

  Creative, Criticism, Approval

  "Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure", www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2013.

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• Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.  Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering.  Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

  Twyla Tharp

  Passion, Essence, Skills

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• To truly live a creative life means that you will need to experiment in as many different fields as possible.

  Moby

  Mean, Creative, Different

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• The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.

  Paul Schrader

  Creative, Secret, Ease

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• People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined.

  Julia Cameron

  Believe, Creativity, Reality

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.114, Souvenir Press

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• The creative life of the commercial photographer is like the life of a butterfly. Very seldom do we see a photographer who is really productive for more than eight or ten years.

  Alexey Brodovitch

  Butterfly, Eight, Years

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• Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way.

  Skylar Grey

  Struggle, Years, Long

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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