Creativity

"There's no shortcut. I'm no accident.

People like to say it's natural. It's not so. You have to practice and you have to study." — Miles Davis

Sometimes you have to play for a long time before you can play like yourself – Miles Davis

“Artists, poets, whatever you want to call those people whose job is “making” take in the commonplace and are forever recognizing it as worthwhile. I think I am always collecting in a way, walking down a street with my eyes open, looking through a magazine, viewing a movie, visiting a museum or grocery store. Some of the things I collect are

Creating art is…

“A universal way to send messages
between each other and through time.”

— Rick Rubin, The Creative Act

The arts tell us what is possible and what is not, because, among other things, they tell us who is human and who is not.