“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.”
PinYou can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya AngelouPinThe true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. — Albert EinsteinPinThe creative adult is the child who survived. – Ursula LeguinPinCreativity requires the courage to let go of certainty. – Erich FrommPinYou have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out. ― Steve JobsPinEveryone who’s ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it who makes a difference. – Nolan BushnellPinCreativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones. — Bruce GarrabrandtPinCreativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. – Scott AdamsPinImagination 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
11 Quotes to Inspire Creativity and Imagination
“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.”
Edward de Bono
PinThe desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. — Dieter F. UchtdorfPinSolitude is creativity’s best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls. – Naomi JuddPinAn idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ― Oscar WildePinWe have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. ― Kurt VonnegutPinYou can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club. — Jack LondonPinIf you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things. – Larry PagePinThe most talented, thought-provoking, game-changing people are never normal. – Richard BransonPinImagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. – Albert EinsteinPinI never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking. ― Albert EinsteinPinInformation is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. – Albert Einstein
8 Inspirational Quotes About Creativity
“When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you’re writing about at the time.”
PinThere’s room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you’re trying to be like somebody else, then there isn’t. —Tori AmosPinAn essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. — Edwin LandPinVulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change. ― Brene BrownPinCreativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. —George LoisPinCreativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. – Mary Lou CookPinCreativity involves breaking out of expected patterns in order to look at things in a different way. – Edward de BonoPinThe heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation. – Bob Iger
15 Wise Quotes on Creativity to Live By (WISDOM)
“When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.”
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
PinWhen you are stuck, walk away from the computer and draw. It will teach you how to see. – Gerard HuertaPinThe creative person is willing to live with ambiguity. He doesn’t need problems solved immediately and can afford to wait for the right ideas. — Abe TannenbaumPinOthers have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ― Pablo PicassoPinLearn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. ― Pablo PicassoPinDevelop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. – Anthony J. D’AngeloPinDon’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. ― RumiPinIf you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. — John CleesePinIf you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. ― Ken RobinsonPinPassion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. – Yo-Yo MaPinTo practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. — Kurt VonnegutPinGreat minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. ― Henry Thomas BucklePinOne day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. – Paulo CoelhoPinLook deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. – Albert EinsteinPinThose who have the privilege to know have the duty to act. – Albert Einstein
17 Short Quotes on Creativity
PinCreativity is intelligence having fun. — Albert EinsteinPinEverything you can imagine is real. — Pablo PicassoPinThe chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. — Pablo PicassoPinThe painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. ― Leonardo da VinciPinStart where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur AshePinCreativity comes from a conflict of ideas. – Donatella VersacePinCreate with the heart; build with the mind. – Criss JamiPinCreativity is contagious – pass it on. – Albert EinsteinPinIf at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. – Albert EinsteinPinI have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. – Albert EinsteinPinYou can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created. ― Albert EinsteinPinCreativity is obscured by the conscious mind. – Naval RavikantPinThe urge to destroy is also a creative urge. ― Mikhail BakuninPinCreativity is knowing how to hide your sources. ― C.E.M. JoadPinCreativity may be hard to nurture, but it’s easy to thwart. – Adam GrantPinI can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant. – Edward EnninfulPinThere is intelligence when you are not afraid. – Bruce Lee
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