Creative Collaboration Quotes

Creative collaboration is awesome.

In East of Eden, John Steinbeck wrote that there's never been a great creative collaboration. When the Beatles first burst on the scene, I thought they were proving him wrong. Later, we learned that Lennon and McCartney had each composed their pop masterpieces separately, individually. So it goes.

What happens is that the experience of writers working together and the idea of creative collaboration is so delightful, but it has been relegated to TV.

The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little in the way of the creative collaboration - no cameras, lighting or even locations. Then, once we record, the post process is very similar to the post flow in filmmaking - editing, sound design, mixing, etc. At the end of the day, it's all about storytelling and honing in on a tone by developing a rhythm and structure that suits the storytelling.

I love the idea of creative collaboration. I love the idea of exploring marriages, particularly ones that are in process for a long time.

Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.

Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them.

The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

The best revenge is the massive success.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can make it so.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.