Creativity Decoded

"Creativity is letting an idea take you over  in order to get it realized or materialized "  - Roeland Otten (Designer)

" Passion drives creativity. That is the single most important engine of the creative process. To arrive at a completed creative product we sometimes take multiple routes.  In our experience, there are no short cuts to perfection. Without passion we will not have the energy, determination, stamina, belief and perhaps even fun to continue the journey." -  Jeff and Jayden ( creators of Levitation SG )

"Creativity is one part imagination, one part motivation, one part fear, and a lot of play. Each piece of the puzzle pushes you and allows you to experiment and grow not just as an artist, but also as a person." -  Courtney Wirthit  (illustrator)

"I started playing with paper since I was a little kid. I have always been fascinated in Japanese origami so my dad pushed me to create more and more paper shapes with different colors.  In 1976, my father gave me scissors, glue, pencils and paper and said that if I wanted that new toy for Christmas I first have to show Santa how that toy is worthy.   After 40 years it seems that the curious paper game still goes on and it became my job! Paper is the cheapest material, you can find it all over the world, everybody can have it, a white sheet of paper can be anything you want and you can transform it in anything you like! Just start using imagination, draw, cut and fold your ideas!" - Giovanni Russo (Graphic Kirigami Designer)

"A simple solution is not simple to find, but it would be a better solution." - Milk Design team (design/creative studio)

"My personal creativity is driven by creating stories that inspire others to seek out their own talents and interests.  The positive energy that I can create for others through my work drives me to never give up and continue this daily cycle." -  Michael Coleman ( Film Director & Producer at  SoundWorks Collection )

" Creativity is one's self expression in relation to a situation, a space, an environment.  For me creativity is driven by the human condition. My creativity is always in relation to the emotional context of a situation - the need for us all to tell a story - and pass that story on. We are all equally creative - just in different ways and wavelengths. Freedom of creative expression is as important as for us to breathe, without this freedom we are left incarcerated in the prison of reality." - Steve Lawes (cinematographer/director of photography)

" Creativity is being open. Being true to yourself and navigating the world on your own terms. Creativity is not being afraid to fail and being happy with yourself even when you do. Creativity is being yourself at four years old. Creativity is fearlessness and seeing nothing but possibilities. Creativity is inventing the life you want to live and living it. With real creativity comes real freedom." - Mike Schreiber (photographer)

"Creativity has eyes that cannot see blank canvas, ears that don't believe in silence and hands that can't sit still. Creativity means standing alone to pull something from nothing..to be inspired by the world and its contents..but forever make statements in your own words." - Edison (Sound Artist)

"I think the word ‘creativity’ means creating something out of anything  that will make you feel good when you are finished doing it." - Ryan Melgar (photographer/artist)

"Creativity allows you to take the smallest inconsequential idea,  which deep down you know has huge potential and nurture  it into something truly unique with the power to inspire others." -  Chris Evans-Roberts (director of Ithaca Audio )

"Creativity is a turbulent array of inertia grounded between things existential and internal. All things creative in my life derive from my ancestors. Through creativity I’m the vehicle of an aesthetic residue harnessing the reverbs and echoes of those that came before me. Without my ancestors there is no echo, no life force, no creation, no creativity.  I am an astronaut suspended in their universal mythos.." - Bradford Young (cinematographer/director of photography)

"Creativity is for me looking for simple solutions in an unobvious way. " -  Magdalena Chojnacka (industrial designer/owner of Bongo Design ) 

"Creativity to me is like sunshine on a rainy day,  alternative to excess, escape from boredom, refusal to accept dogma  and making something beautiful despite all the life's challenges." - Won Kang (artist/designer,creator of Urban Sketcher )

"   Creativity is an internal human need to invent or make something yourself. It’s comparable to hunger or curiosity that don’t let you rest. Humanity keeps developing thanks to people’s constant desire to learn and create something new." - Dmitri Aske (graphic artist)

"Creativity is a natural ability that humans have, which allows them to become conduits of expressing the human experience. Some people can connect to higher vibrations and emotions that we all share but are asleep to. They have the ability to connect to the more mysterious and hidden chambers of the human psyche and introduce this into our collective consciousness through their work. I dont see creativity as an individual thing that one can lay claim on with the ego. but rather the existential expression of the individual that is a mirror and light on mans path on this planet." - Faith47 (Artist)

"Ever since i was a kid, i made illustrations of what i couldn't do. I made substitutes and changed what i could not get.That is, my creative roots. So for me, illustration is the space for me to fulfill my dream. If I have a lot of money and time, i will go to where i want to go and spend it slowly. But I can't afford it because i have a family and employees. Especially in Japan, i can't take time off so, i draw by myself, and travel to my imaginations." -   Hiro Kamigaki (illustrator/co-founder of IC4Design )

"Creativity can't be defined. Its nature is to be limitless and imaginative." -  Gustavs Cirulis  (designer at  StartUp Vitamins )

"Creativity is the freedom to experiment" -  Victoria Cegyte (designer)

"Creativity is an essential element for a designer. But from my experience, it takes a big deal of hard-work and discipline to unleash it and grasp it." - Jakub Mikuláštík   (designer)

" I don't care about 'creativity', I care about experience." -  Stan Engelbrecht (photographer/co-curator of Bicycle Portraits )

"Creativity is pure self expression with no rules. Playtime..remember to play." - Frank Jackson (photographer)