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Creative Work Quotes

The work behind the creative result.

One quote explains a stubborn refusal to buy a laptop, insisting creative work was never done on a typewriter either. Another says plainly that if no one else is doing the work you want, you should just do it yourself — a sentiment echoed on our Creative quotes page.

I have been under considerable pressure to buy at least a laptop computer. I have always turned the suggestions down for the reason that I have never done creative work on a typewriter. There is to me a lack of...

Quotes by Winston Graham

All too often, when creative people pick out someone else's creative work as an inspiration, what they end up with is very, very far from the original.

Quotes by Samuel R. Delany

We know that almost all Americans are avid consumers of technology, but many lack the opportunity to do the creative work that fuels our digital economy.

Quotes by Ro Khanna

Pretty much anybody who does creative work in China navigates the gray zone. People aren't clear about where the line is any more, beyond which life gets really nasty and you become a dissident without having intended ever to be...

Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

Always Quotes

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

Quotes by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

I'm a complete deviant. All creative work breaks new ground.

Quotes by Mary Daly

I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

Quotes by Marian Keyes

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.

Quotes by Lawrence Lessig

I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill...

Quotes by Kurt Busiek

Art Quotes

If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.

Quotes by Kate Baldwin

Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.

Quotes by Joichi Ito

I am very much aware of my own double self. The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative...

Quotes by Ingmar Bergman

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

Quotes by Guy Laliberte

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

Creative Quotes

It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your...

Quotes by David Chipperfield

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to...

Quotes by Charlie Kaufman

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.

Quotes by Carl Jung

In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children's books. In Japan, everything is art. They don't...

Quotes by Brian Wildsmith

I went into academia thinking that there'd be constant reciprocity between my scholarship and my creative work but found that doing one always turned my mind into the sort of tool that was badly suited to doing the other.

Quotes by Alexandra Kleeman

Doing Quotes

To me, creative work is labor, like any other kind of labor. It's got value, and it takes your time, and it's useful to people, depending.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the theme of this Creative Work quotes page?
These quotes explore what it means to actually do creative work, from resisting shortcuts to crediting where creative ideas really come from. A couple take a personal, almost stubborn stance on process.
Why do people search for creative work quotes?
People often search for these while thinking about their own creative process, or looking for motivation to start a project themselves. The direct, no-nonsense tone of several quotes here appeals to readers wanting a push rather than flattery.
Is there a quote about resisting technology in creative work?
Yes, one quote explains a longstanding refusal to buy a laptop, insisting that real creative work was never done on a typewriter either. It reflects a personal, almost old-fashioned approach to process.
Does any quote encourage people to just start their own creative work?
Yes, one quote says plainly that if no one else is doing the work you want to see, you should do it yourself — a sentiment also on our Creative quotes page. It's one of the more motivational lines in the set.
Do these quotes discuss where creative ideas actually come from?
Yes, one quote frames most creative work as inherited ideas passed from the past into the future, with each person adding their own creativity along the way. It presents creativity as cumulative rather than starting from nothing.

A broader quote credits all creative work in the world to women specifically. Another frames most creative work as inherited ideas, passed from the past into the future with each person's own touch added.