Cecil Taylor Quotes

When you think about musicians who are reading music, my contention has always been the energy that you're using deciphering what the symbol is is taking away from the maximum creative energy that you might have had if you understood that it's but a symbol.

Cecil Taylor

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MusicCreativeEnergyReadingThink

I used to sing when I was into local theatre but gave it up to concentrate on dance.

Jodie Comer

DanceTheatreUpUsedSingLocal

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.

Robert Penn Warren

PoetryEnoughYouWriteAnnoying

I'm curious about people, and I'm curious about getting to the root of where they might be coming from.

Robin Weigert

CuriousPeopleComingWhereRoot

I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit!

Mirai Nagasu

StudentAlwaysOutFreakLittleGet

Everything one reads is nourishment of some sort - good food or junk food - and one assumes it all goes in and has its way with your brain cells.

Lorrie Moore

GoodFoodGood FoodBrainWayCells

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition.

Joyce Carol Oates

GoodTimeWritingEndingReputation

There's a final exam in venture every four to six years. The scary thing is you need to get an 'A' in every discipline. You need to be on generational planning, need to be on great deal flow, need be on great outcomes, you need to be on great company building.

David Sze

GreatDisciplineBuildingPlanning

The great thing about working in comics is that visually, you're the sole voice. You have to figure out the staging, the lighting, the composition, the character emotions, the action. You get a script, but you're trying to work it out in individual panels. It's a terrific exercise in creative thinking and creative problem-solving.

Chris Renaud

WorkCharacterGreatCreativeAction

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.

Bode Miller

MeAlwaysTellContraryCoaches

I've been told that I might make a good producer because I am very Type A, and I'm kind of a control freak, so I've been told that that might translate well into producing, so I would certainly be open to trying my hand at that.

Tiya Sircar

GoodI AmControlTryingKindHand

Creative drives our business; the business doesn't drive the creative.

Nina Tassler

BusinessCreativeDriveOurDrives

Einstein was adamant in rejecting all ideas of a personal god.

Richard Dawkins

GodIdeasPersonalAdamantRejecting

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