John Cleese Creative Quotations

The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

British press think entirely in clichés, and when they do come across creative work, they think that it must be based on something, because they don't realize that you can create things that aren't based on things.

While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough.

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

It's easier to be creative if you've got other people to play with.

The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put in more pondering time, their solutions are more creative.

If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.

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