“Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us ...” — Siri Hustvedt Quote

“Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.”

“Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn't. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present.”

“There is no future without a past, because what is to be cannot be imagined except as a form of repetition.”

“I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.”

“Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.”

“Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.”