Top 120 Creative Process Quotes

I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.

Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal – however permanent it may be – than the creative process itself, the process of composition.

Designing and creating dance clothes has taken my love for dancewear to a whole other level, melding the creative process with my daily fashion and allowing me to bring my most dreamed-about ballet styles to life.

For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.

I can’t control anything that happens after the creative process because after that it’s not yours anymore, it’s everyone else’s.

I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to, you know, stay pure in that process and be worthy of the messages that I receive.

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It’s part of the creative process.

Even though I didn’t write ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz,’ I never felt left out of the creative process.

I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge.

I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over.

I find cooking very therapeutic. As a creative person, I relish cooking because it’s such a creative process. You can cook anything out of anything.

When we get to a point when trans folks are included in the creative process, the narrative will be much more authentic. Trans actors playing trans roles is a key part of that. But some of the trans talent is not even making it into the audition room, let’s be honest.

The majority of my life is ‘Guardians,’ but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different like ‘Belko’ was incredibly helpful to the creative process.

The best thing for my creative process is a deadline.

I got in touch with the creative process between the age of 14 and 16, mainly because I was alone so much.

Every opportunity I’ve had to work and act with incredibly talented directors, like Dean Holland was on ‘Love,’ and the writers and creators of that show, Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Leslie Arfin, have been incredible learning experiences that have informed my creative process.

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.

When you don’t have diversity in the creative process, you inevitably end up with a single, narrow perspective in the output.

There’s something really nice about not sitting separate from the crew in some massive trailer away from the studio. To actually be there with them, it’s more of a creative process.

That’s the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it’s in your head. And then it’s just how little you ruin it.

I look at building business as a creative process that I enjoy.

When I’m a part of someone else’s creative process, it’s all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song.

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It’s fun. I like being creative, and it’s a creative process.

Everything you do in life or experience in life gives inspiration for the creative process. But it also depends ultimately on what the consumer wants.

Why my interest in writers? Well, I’m one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it’s like to write. I’m interested in the creative process. I’m fascinated by the disparity between who we are on the outside, and what we have bubbling away inside us.

I love the creative process. That’s always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.

I think that as you evolve as a person and an artist, your creative process evolves and changes, too.

The creative process on ‘Margaret’ was incredibly satisfying. I loved the cast; I had a great time writing the script. I liked making the movie. Believe it or not, I actually like editing the movie. It was all the rest of it that was such a nightmare.

I’ve now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process.

There’s a steady forward march of a creative process that some of us stay with and don’t give up – that should be an admirable thing – from Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker to Miles to Ornette and some people who are not even known today – some kids coming up – people who are out to change the world.

Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But ‘letting your mind wander’ is very often an important part of the creative process.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

Generally speaking, there’s some quality of compulsion that attaches itself to the idea of the list. It’s true that lists organise the daily chaos of working life. But the impulse to make lists has to do with something more than either administrative practicalities or the record of a creative process.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process – the creative process.

As creators, we feel constant demand for innovation from the world. This puts immense pressure on the creative process and oftentimes can have a dampening effect.

I’m dependent on writing for a living, so really it’s to my advantage to understand how the creative process works. One of the problems is, when you start to do that, in effect you’re going to have to step off the edge of science and rationality.

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It’s just such a great buzz.

Working on fashion shows, you work with the designer and try to read his brain – what was in the creative process, what images did he have in his head?

The critics are not writers – they’re not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing my next bit of work.

I will say there have been occasional times – not when I’m playing, but when I’m studying – that I have found a little bit of alcohol has been good for the creative process.

I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.

I am the kind of guy who has never taken myself too seriously. I mean, I am very serious about what I do; I’m very serious about the creative process and everything, but at the end of the day, I am just another lucky geek who got to live out a dream, you know?

My creative process is a bit manic at times, to be honest. I wake up Monday and Thursday stressed because I don’t have a video. I usually – with the exception of maybe a handful of videos – wake up, write the video, shoot the video, edit the video, release the video all in the same day.

Since age seven, I’ve been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

I think making electronic music isn’t much different from writing a book or painting a picture or making a film. It’s a creative process, and it’s an art form.

The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. That’s actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for writer’s block, but it’s actually just part one of a long process.

When I started ‘Record Collection,’ I had no idea that it would come out sounding the way that it did, and that’s one of the best things about the creative process, taking turns with the things you didn’t know.

For me, the scale of the budget is part of the creative process. ‘Swingers’ is the movie it is because we made it for exactly the right budget. Had it been made for a higher number, it would not have been as imaginative as we had to make it, given the budget constraints we had.

I like to collaborate on my music. The creative process is fun, and you get a lot of ideas from having discussions about it. Ultimately, the final decision is mine.

I did a guest thing on ‘My Name Is Earl,’ and there is something about being involved in a TV show that’s in the midst of its popularity that frees up the creative process.

Yes, money is important. But it’s all about the creative process.

Film shouldn’t be a pain. It’s a creative process.

Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on ‘Castle’ actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.

Use the creative process – singing, writing, art, dance, whatever – to get to know yourself better.

I really love being a part of the creative process. I love having an opinion that gets heard, and then it’s all up for discussion.

I love the idea of having control over the creative process and looking at the bigger picture.

The creative process of composing music has always fascinated me.

I think what makes a good actor is someone who turns up on time, does the work, and treats everyone within that creative process with ultimate respect.