Quotes About Constraints And Creativity

#1. Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.

Russell L. Ackoff

#2. You can mess with a lot of things, but you can't mess with kids on Christmas.

Kevin McAllister

#3. Ideas rarely come out whole. They change as they get brought to life. New constraints appear, new directions suggest themselves, and new influences come to bear.

David DuChemin

#4. How much time do you have? On Earth, I mean.'
'I honestly don't know.'
His entire body went statue still. 'I don't want to lose you. I know that makes me sound like a pussy, but I don't.

Larissa Ione

#5. A blank cheque kills creativity.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#6. Problems are hidden opportunities, and constraints can actually boost creativity.

Martin Villeneuve

#7. This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to think their way out of that little box: 'We know you said it was impossible, but we're going to do this, this, and that to get us there.'

Marissa Mayer

#8. I once went to a 'Star Trek' convention by mistake - I thought I was going to a 'Doctor Who' one.

Sylvester McCoy

#9. I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.

Biz Stone

#10. The truest treasure is a soul who believes in its own existence

Jewel

#11. We embrace the shoestring budget. We like being limited by the constraints. It inspires creativity. I don't know what we would spend money on. We don't hire actors. We see budget constraints as a personal challenge. We're like survivalist local commercial directors.

Charles Lincoln Neal

#12. A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.

Brennan Manning

#13. The imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

Jonah Lehrer

#14. He was a man too busy to flush toilets.

Mona Simpson

#15. So goes the hard way- the (fall a)part way-the (break a) heart way.

Kami Garcia

#16. Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don't Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can't Decide My Future

Thomas A. Edison

#17. This country is so stupid. Only spoiled white people could let something so good get so bad. I

Gary Shteyngart

#18. When You Weren't Looking
... why.
... Can't you
... care
... more
... about
... me.

Ellen Hopkins

#19. The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.

Austin Kleon

#20. creativity loves constraints.

Eric Schmidt

#21. We neither fear death nor look forward to it, but revere it as a most exalted experience. Life, death and the afterlife are all part of our path to perfect oneness with God.

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

#22. We're the survivors. Not everyone is. But we are.

Jennifer Egan

#23. Fresh wounds, in later years, often make interesting scars.

Orlando Ortega-Medina

#24. Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity.

Andy Murray

#25. I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to read it from the beginning to get to the end, which is my arrival.

Jeffrey Eugenides

#26. I am none if not a shadow, and I am all if not a person. I am true, I am real, I am humble, I am dark.

And I don't give one damn whether I'm going to go back in that place of hell.

Max Sillitoe

#27. Constraints can spur creativity and incite action, as long as you have the confidence to embrace them.

Tom Kelley