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William Plomer
"It is a function of creative men to perceive the relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able to combine them into some new form. Britten's Nocturne, for example, which unifies musically a group of poems by different hands, is a notable example of his power to connect the seemingly unconnected." --
Source : "Electric Delights".
William Plomer
#Creativity Quotes
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#Creative Quotes
“Our focus is on outputs rather than inputs.”
“It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.”
“If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and Michelangelo would draw it. How could anybody say that this wouldn't be as worthwhile an artform as anything on earth?”
“I have learned that I am enough... I have learned that no one else can LOVE ME - FOR ME.”
“I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.”
“Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind."”
“But every human path leads on to God; He holds a myriad finer threads than gold, And strong as holy wishes, drawing us With delicate tension upward to Himself.”
Source : Edmund Clarence Stedman (1873). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman”, p.45
“I'm writing out of desperation. I felt compelled to write to make sense of it to myself - so I don't end up saying peculiar things like 'I'm black and I'm proud.' I write so I don't end up as a set of slogans and clichés.”