Bob Dylan Quotes

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness... bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not where the idea came from.

As I get on and films take four years to complete, I tend to have a hankering for very short projects so you can move on to the next idea. It's the ideas I'm interested in. What comes out of your head.

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

One rule of invention: before you can invent it, you have to imagine it.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

Where do ideas come from? Ideas come from other ideas.

I think it's better to have ideas.

Every piece of technology, every piece of art, basically everything manmade comes from an idea.

There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.

I love thinking, I love coming up with great ideas. I just get excited. Sometimes if I get a big idea, I'm just like a kid, like I've found a new toy.

I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.

If you're using your imagination, you tend to look into the past for ideas.

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.