Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity| Episode 107

Main Takeaways

1. The creative process involves following the energy in your body and paying attention to your feelings.

2. Children tend to be more creative than adults because they have no preconceived notions or beliefs.

3. The rules of art serve as scaffolding that can be chipped away as needed.

4. The most important skill for an artist is to understand how you feel in the face of other voices without second-guessing yourself.

5. People often like what others like and may not know what they truly enjoy.

6. The artist's superpower is accepting that they do not know anything.

7. Any external information that undermines the clarity of the connection with one's work is probably bad for the art.

8. The Source is the organizing principle of everything, and the work sits between the physical world and the imagination.

9. Changing one's perspective can lead to novelty and contrast, which can be thrilling.

10. Collaboration and rigorous work are important for artists, but they also need to stay true to their interests and be ready for the unexpected.