Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.
Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.
I've found the 90-10 rule to be pretty true: 90 percent of what I come up with and write down is kinda 'eh,' and then somehow, someway, 10 percent of it happens to work out really great in my act.
Howard Shore, who's an amazing film composer, told me once that it's 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So I think even within the creative process, like being a producer, you're really managing people and getting the best out of them.
To create great work, here's how you must spend your time:
1% Inspiration
9% Perspiration
90% Justification
When I write songs, it happens very quickly, sometimes 10 to 15 minutes, and I draw inspiration from everything.
That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.
Photography is 90% sheer, brutal drudgery! The other 10% is inspiration!!
This 90/10 rule holds true in almost anything financial. Take the game of golf, for example. Ten percent of the professional golfers make 90 percent of the money.