5 Brian Aldiss Quotes on Creativity

Brian Aldiss quotes on creativity

10. Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

11. I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.

52. That first novel of mine, Non-Stop, is directly attributable to Heinlein. His 'Common Sense' seemed to me such a good story, but bereft of any human feelings. I thought long about that story, and then I thought how wonderful it would be to write about a spaceship in which people have been imprisoned for generations and to put in something of the human feeling. So that novel is directly attributable to Heinlein. I thought, in my youthful arrogance, that I could do it better - I didn't! I thought I could do it differently, and I think I did do it differently. And I suppose that on the whole, I've concentrated on doing things differently ever since.

60. It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

61. That's the artist's role - to strike out always for something new, to break away, to defy, to... grapple with the unfamiliar.