Creative Process Prints

Creative napping

"Okay, caption ideas for this cartoon. What do we got?"

L'Artist

"The raw material was all around me: That's how I got started as a sculptor..."

'So you want an advance on your writer's block?'

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

"Young Frankenstein"

'Let's not go by the book.'

Copycats

I should be a writer when I grow up...

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

"No, I didn't steal your content. I just have your content's doppleganger."

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

'The creative process works best with a relaxed brain, so I'm letting my mind wander to let a solution drift in.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

"We only got six days of funding."

The Artist

' A good idea '

"She's been so creative lately."

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

"Do me next."

"Either that's Marmaduke with a lizard's head in front of us, or I really mixed up my meds."

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

Employee won't think about work outside of box

'Tony, you always try to lead.'

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

"I just love the way you're so endlessly inventive in the bedroom."