Creativity

"I remembered a story of how Bach was approached by a young admirer one day and asked, 'But, Papa Bach, how do you manage to think of all these new tunes?' 'My dear fellow,' Bach is said to have answered, ...

"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea." - Walter Bagehot ...

"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little." - Tom Stoppard ...

"Music and art allow us to enter an inner world of emotions that go beyond words, a way to survive, a new language that gives us a new way to express ourselves." ...

"The only sin is mediocrity." - Martha Graham ...

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."             - Victor Hugo- ...

"You're only given a little spark of madness.  You mustn't lose it." - Robin Williams ...

"Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense—the creative act."           - Kenneth Rexroth ...

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher ...

“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.” - J.D. Salinger ...