Limitations are really good for you. They are a stimulant. If you were told to make a drawing of a tulip using five lines, or using a hundred, you'd have to be more inventive with the five.

David Hockney

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Topic

Artistic constraints Limitations and constraints Creativity Art

Speaker

David Hockney

Source

A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Occupation

Painter Artist

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Hockney, David. A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney. Thames & Hudson, 2011.

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
Inner turmoil Genius Creativity

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.