Quotes from the project

Colin Mercer: Tony Blair invented creative industries forming a task force in 1998. UK government takes creative industries seriously, it is a mainstream process.

Robert Marijnissen (from his speech in the first seminar):
It is called creative transformations. If you want to be creative you have to transform things, change a way of thinking and a way of working. We do not know what we will transform into.

A town has to have a good discussion on the topic even if the outcome of the discussion might be "forget the creative industries". City council in Amsterdam agreed to invest in creative industries even when they did not know exactly what it was.

You need the statistics and numbers for non-believers but you do not need the statistics for strategies.

Do not believe in the UK model. It is obsessed with strategies, planning. City is for creative people. Plan and kill all.

Henrik Sparre Ulrich (from his speech in the first seminar):

Creative industries cannot be planned. It is difficult to plan innovation. In Scandinavia there is a luxury attitude - intuitive - loose planning. Planning is done in the Soviet Union.

Creative industries is a way to enlarge cultural department. The essence of creative industries is to make cross-overs.

Art professor from Tartu University to art students: There will be no art life in Tartu until we find a (charismatic) leader. And one very resourceful gallery owner who loves art, enjoys communication, is passionate about writing projects and a good businessman at the same time. You cannot worship two gods at the same time - paint and sell. Selling is an art if you take it seriously. Most present art galleries in Tallinn and Tartu are haberdasheries.