Rick Rubin
Creativity is not a rare gift for a chosen few, but a human capacity strengthened by deeper attention to the world around us.
Living as an artist does not require formal training, but a sustained practice of paying close attention to the subtle details of everyday life.
The creative process moves through four phases: gathering seeds, exploring them through experimentation, shaping them through crafting, and bringing them to completion.
Ideas are not treated as coming only from the individual mind, but as something we can notice and receive when our awareness is open.