John Cleese Quotes About Creativity

Quotes about: Creativity

• Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Creativity, Way

• If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

  John Cleese

  Teamwork, Fun, Business

  "Best New Games" by Dale N. LeFevre, (p. 9), 2002.

• To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns.

  John Cleese

  Being Alone, Creativity, Space

• Creativity is not the possession of some special talent.
  It’s about the willingness to play.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Play, Special

• This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Mind, Friendly

• We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately spend most of their time in the closed mode.

  John Cleese

  Humorous, Creativity, Two

• Laughter is the best creative medicine.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, Creativity, Medicine

• I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Thinking, Sense Of Humor

  "SPIEGEL Interview with John Cleese 'Satire Makes People Think'". Interview with Christoph Scheuermann and Barbara Supp, www.spiegel.de. March 30, 2015.

• High creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Situation, Responding

• I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Choices, Design

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2012.

• Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Intelligent, Example

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