A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.
Interpretation
Creativity often thrives in chaos instead of being stifled by rigid order.
This quote by Michael J. Fox suggests that a state of creative disorder can be more beneficial than a sterile, perfectly organized environment. It implies that the freedom to explore and make mistakes encourages innovation and artistic expression, while an overemphasis on neatness may inhibit one's ability to think outside the box.
In practice
This quote could be used in a presentation about the creative process in art or design.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.
There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
I'm surprised by the talent I find all over. There are always new chefs who propose many interesting new ideas, new ways of looking at ingredients.
Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called "exformation," which is a certain quantity of vital information removed from but evoked by a communication in such a way as to cause a kind of explosion of associative connections within the recipient.
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.
I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.
I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.
I used to try and concentrate the poem so much that there wasn't a word that wasn't essential. This leads to becoming boring and constipated.
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