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Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.

— Chris Ofili

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.

— Roddy Doyle

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

— Andy Rooney

I work very deliberately, with a plan. But sometimes I come to a point that I planned as the end and it needs softening. Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep - it can't be done abruptly.

— Colm Toibin

Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.

— Maya Lin

The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.

— Garth Hudson

I can make something for a long time and just not come up with an ending. It's finishing things that I don't enjoy.

— Jamie xx

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition.

— Joyce Carol Oates

✗Opposing Perspectives

When I feel there's a door open, you always walk through it.

— Ron Johnson

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.

— Billy Sherwood