3 Inspiring (and 1 Odd) Creator Quotes

Today I want to experiment with something a little different, and a little shorter. Below are four quotes from creators — three relatively straightforward and (I think) inspiring. And a fourth that is unusual, and thought-provoking. I like to share lines that make me think, or feel, or inspire or challenge me, or just pique my interest.

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…To the quotes:

Three Inspiring Creator Quotes…

-Filmmaker Ethan Coen — who with his brother wrote and directed films like Fargo and No Country for Old Men — talking about why he stepped away from movies and embraced the challenge of writing a play.

-That’s Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the most-well regarded novelists of a generation. According to The Times, “Tyler regards herself as something of an accidental novelist — she began her first when she was stuck at home without a job.”

-Charles Darwin, telling a colleague why he put an unfertilized female flower under a bell jar, at a distance from pollen from a male flower, just to see if anything would happen. (As far as I know, courtship did not occur.)

…And One Odd Creator Quote

-Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, in a prize acceptance speech.

Let me know if any of those quotes sparked a thought; I'm looking forward to continuing the conversation.

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Until next time…

David

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