Creativity & Inspiration & The Muse

Parents

"... a society where people are uncomfortable with saying 'I don't know.' ..."
"All of it contributes to everything."
"Henri the Painter..."
"It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower."
"Make things that make it easier to make things."
"My music is not original. It's the sum total of everything that I've heard all my life."
"On Anthony Trollope's Work Ethic"
"On lack of distraction and inspiration"
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit."
"The only way for me to process what I’ve been learning is by writing a book."
"Whatever you focus on, you create more of ..."
“Creativity happens when other variables are predictable.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness— only light can do that.”
“Do less, at a natural pace, obsessing over quality....”
Artists need to create to survive
Copying & Stealing Ideas
Creative Doing: 75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, or Next Career
Creative Non-fiction
Hypothesis
Inspiration Is Scheduled
On Isolation
Steal Like An Artist
Steve Vai on Infinite Possibilities for Creativity
Steve Vai Reveals the Key to the Creative Process!