Cecil B. DeMille Quotes

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

I know how demanding the process of creation is.

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

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

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women.

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

The seed of an idea laying dormant in an old sketchbook is fed the missing ingredient from a new experience. Trying to share some of these experiences, some of the wonders, is one of the reasons why I do books.

Your creativity before it gets formed into words and songs is the actual substance. No one else can see it, right? Unless you give it the shape of a song or a painting or whatever.

I like being surrounded by all the stuff that makes me feel creative and inspires me.

When you're not hearing my voice, I'm working on art. So if you're not hearing me, I'm working for the people and getting inspired.

That's what I love more than anything, just creating.

This creating? It's my passion.

For me, the source material can come from anywhere. It can be a poem, it can be a dream, it can be a movie, as long as the end part of it is interesting - that's what it's about for me.

When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone!

If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy.

I don't understand how people live without creating.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first. I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction. In another way, it's a crazy pressure. I try to stay quiet about the whole situation, because fashion itself can be crazy, and everyone wants a part of you.

Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.

The joy is in creating, not maintaining.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

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