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25 Creativity Quotes

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25 QUOTES ABOUT CREATIVITY

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1. "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

-Oscar Wilde

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2. "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

-Erich Fromm

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3. "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will."

-George Bernard Shaw

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4. "Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

-Charles Mingus

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5. "Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while."

-Steve Jobs

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6. "Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way."

-Edward de Bono

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7. "An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."

-Edwin Land

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8. "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

-Ken Robinson

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9. "Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun."

-Mary Lou Cook

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10. "Sometimes you've got to let everything go-purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything...whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out."

-Tina Turner

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11. "Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of original ones."

-Bruce Garrabrandt

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12. "Curiosity about life and all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."

-Leo Burnett

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13. "If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

-Vincent Van Gogh

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14. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

-Steve Jobs

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15. "The chief enemy of creativity is good sense."

-Pablo Picasso

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16. "Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

-Ray Bradbury

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17. "And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

-Sylvia Plath

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18. "Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts and never hope more than you work."

-Rita Mae Brown

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19. "The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

-Emily Dickinson

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20. "Around here, however, we don't look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

-Walt Disney

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21. "If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing."

-Marc Chagall

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22. "A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."

-Amy Rand

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23. "We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things...[but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or it's memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."

-James Carroll

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24. "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

-Brené Brown

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25. "Creativity takes a leap, then looks to see where it is."

-Mason Cooley

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25 QUOTES ABOUT CREATIVITY

1. "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."-Oscar Wilde

2. "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."-Erich Fromm

3. "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will."-George Bernard Shaw

4. "Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."-Charles Mingus

5. "Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while." -Steve Jobs

6. "Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way."-Edward de Bono

7. "An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."-Edwin Land

8. "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."-Ken Robinson

9. "Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun."-Mary Lou Cook

10. "Sometimes you've got to let everything go-purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything...whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out."-Tina Turner

11. "Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of original ones."-Bruce Garrabrandt

12. "Curiosity about life and all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."-Leo Burnett

13. "If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."-Vincent Van Gogh

14. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."-Steve Jobs

15. "The chief enemy of creativity is good sense."-Pablo Picasso

16. "Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."-Ray Bradbury

17. "And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."-Sylvia Plath

18. "Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts and never hope more than you work."-Rita Mae Brown

19. "The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."-Emily Dickinson

20. "Around here, however, we don't look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."-Walt Disney

21. "If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing."-Marc Chagall

22. "A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."-Amy Rand

23. "We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things...[but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or it's memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."-James Carroll

24. "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."-Brené Brown

25. "Creativity takes a leap, then looks to see where it is."-Mason Cooley

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1. "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

-Oscar Wilde

2. "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

-Erich Fromm

3. "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will."

-George Bernard Shaw

4. "Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

-Charles Mingus

5. "Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while."

-Steve Jobs

6. "Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way."

-Edward de Bono

7. "An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."

-Edwin Land

8. "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

-Ken Robinson

9. "Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun."

-Mary Lou Cook

10. "Sometimes you've got to let everything go-purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything...whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out."

-Tina Turner

11. "Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of original ones."

-Bruce Garrabrandt

12. "Curiosity about life and all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."

-Leo Burnett

13. "If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

-Vincent Van Gogh

14. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

-Steve Jobs

15. "The chief enemy of creativity is good sense."

-Pablo Picasso

16. "Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

-Ray Bradbury

17. "And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

-Sylvia Plath

18. "Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts and never hope more than you work."

-Rita Mae Brown

19. "The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

-Emily Dickinson

20. "Around here, however, we don't look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

-Walt Disney

21. "If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing."

-Marc Chagall

22. "A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."

-Amy Rand

23. "We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things...[but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or it's memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."

-James Carroll

24. "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

-Brené Brown

25. "Creativity takes a leap, then looks to see where it is."

-Mason Cooley