100 Quotes About Creativity

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The internet is killing the art of writing. The big "publish" button begs you to publish even before you go back and make one single edit, and as if this was not enough, you have instant readers who praise your writing skills! - Bangambiki Habyarimana
I’ve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep...
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I’ve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep and the world is all mine. It’s quiet and dark–the perfect time for creativity. Jonathan Harnisch
Creativity is an amazing human characteristic, which is more connected...
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Creativity is an amazing human characteristic, which is more connected with curiosity than with knowledge. Eraldo Banovac
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Creativity is one of your greatest gifts. It resides deep inside you impacting your every thought. It is attached to a never ending source and is one of the main aspects of who you are. Your very essence is as a creator. No one creates exactly like you do. Your thoughts and actions color the world. Renae A. Sauter
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A free spirit is not bound by this, that, matter, materialism or opinion. They sing, dance and flow on the wind - for they are at one with it. They are nothing and everything - void and expanse. Even space and time does not confine or define them. For they are pure energy itself. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Creativity takes courage. Not just once, but consistently. Without courage we cannot be creative. Without feeling fear at some point we will not reach our creative potential. From first putting paint on paper through to selling our work on a worldwide stage there is plenty to be scared of. But this is where creativity lives — on the edge of our comfort zones. Lucy H. Pearce
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Many of us learned to repress our creativity. We were told it was secondary to more important skills. The good news is that many of us have untapped gifts just waiting to be expressed. You owe it to yourself to uncover and express your gifts Renae A. Sauter
Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring,...
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Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations Rasheed Ogunlaru
Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not...
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Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it. Ernest Barbaric
At times all you need is a bottle of fine...
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At times all you need is a bottle of fine old wine, a mellifluous piece of music playing in the background and a good book to spend the entire night in a magical bliss! Avijeet Das
Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box....
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Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box. Matshona Dhliwayo
In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in...
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In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd. Matshona Dhliwayo
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The doorway to health, higher intelligence and inexhaustible creativity lies in your willingness to live from Source. Risk being who you are meant to be; you are more compassionate, colorful, imaginative, visionary, more sensitive than you think. Lynne GordonMundel
In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember...
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In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember our creative power. Atalina Wright
To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different;...
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To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself. Matshona Dhliwayo
When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship...
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When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it. Matshona Dhliwayo
In a world full of daisies dare to be a...
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In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose. Matshona Dhliwayo
The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards...
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The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out. Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you must walk in someone's shadow make sure it's your own Rasheed Ogunlaru
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An artistic person taps into the destructive emotional energy of guilt and shame and the longing to love and be loveable and transforms these powerful emotions into a creative force. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Art manifests itself in paradoxical ways. At times it creates and at times it gets created! Avijeet Das
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Note to myself - It is time for me to start taking my guitar lessons. One of my neighbor's singing and guitar strumming skills are so cool that I can't stop marveling at the music wafting around here. Avijeet Das
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An artist is one who has mastered the art of dissolving himself so completely that only his work remains! Ramana Pemmaraju
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Music is energy, emotion, expression, escapism, enlightenment. Music is so much more than just entertainment. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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We are all creative beings. The act of creating puts us in direct connection with the greatest creator. The master artist that is our Divine Creator. Eileen Anglin
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Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger. Ashley Ormon
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Behind every creative act is a statement of love. Every artistic creation is a statement of gratitude. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Any person whom seeks to live a historical existence must devote their efforts to learning about the world, care about people and nature, and seek to express their thoughts in the artistic methodology most appropriate to their particular talent. A person cannot fake self-awareness or imitate an artistic nature. A person must honestly earn a heightened level of conscious awareness. Kilroy J. Oldster
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But Hannah's friend didn’t understand the volatile balancing act between art and sanity, that the act of creation was like walking a tightrope during an earthquake. She didn’t understand Hannah’s stupid need for validation, or that the size of the audience increased the stakes and multiplied the fear. She didn’t understand that creativity was dangerous, that, yes, there were some people who could stand before a canvas, paint a sunset that would bring the world to its knees, and return to their loved ones as a complete person who didn’t hurt, didn’t cry, didn’t spill blood to appease the host of fickle muses. But Hannah did. Hannah’s best ideas–sometimes her only ideas–were buried beneath the skin. Jake VanderArk
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Never be ashamed of your creativity. It simply shows everyone of how you can express your emotions through art Ysabelle Nidea
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I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because when I write, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone, I am just expressing myself and my opinions. It’s ok if my opinions are different from those of the reader, each of us can have his own opinions. So writing is like talking, if you are afraid of writing, you may end up being afraid of talking. Bangambiki Habyarimana
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I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Sometimes you just have to turn off the lights, sit in the dark, and see what happens inside of you. Adam Oakley
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One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants Bangambiki Habyarimana
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No daydreaming. No music, film, art, creative thinking or business. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Any form of art can be known only in deep silence, to be in silence is to be receptive - No sooner you become receptive, you become woman, it has nothing to do with gender, its a quality, which is why woman is epitome of Receptivity! Ramana Pemmaraju
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Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you. Matshona Dhliwayo
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When everybody is planting apples a visionary plants oranges. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them. Matshona Dhliwayo
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If records refuse to be broken, shatter them. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Do what no one else can do and you will become what no one else can become. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Thinking outside of the box is unnecessary when there are no boxes in your imagination. Matshona Dhliwayo
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One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Carving your own path gets you to greatness quicker than following someone else's trail. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Create an environment that fosters the creative genius within you! Ramana Pemmaraju
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Empty mind is the devil's workshop...and busy mind kills creativity... Akansh Malik
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A marijuana high can enhance core human mental abilities. It can help you to focus, to remember, to see new patterns, to imagine, to be creative, to introspect, to empathically understand others, and to come to deep insights. If you don’t find this amazing you have lost your sense of wonder. Which, by the way, is something a high can bring back, too. Sebastian Marincolo
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Creativity is the new currency, so, are you credited with new thoughts or overdrawn in old thinking? Onyi Anyado
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In order to protect their good names for posterity, many writers never wrote what they thought or the truth as it stood. That's why truth still lies hidden in matters of power, sex and religion. No wonder they chose to do so, many who dared paid with their heads Bangambiki Habyarimana
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When we have the courage to claim space for ourselves. When we risk creativity. When we relish our sensuality. When we honor our lives and their experiences as valuable. When we create from a female body, expressing ourselves in a woman’s voice, using a woman’s language. We begin to bloom. Lucy H. Pearce
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Sexuality, like creativity, is a gift from God. Lauryn Doll
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The satisfaction? The joy? That comes from solving problems and making things. Hank Green
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The pen is mightier than the sword as long as it doesn't run out of ink. Matshona Dhliwayo
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A rose’s beautiful scent is extracted only when it is crushed. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Geniuses’ steps take you higher than talent’s leaps. Matshona Dhliwayo
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Creative people neither like to be possessive nor like to be possessed. Amit Kalantri
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Nothing is more important than creative play through imagination. Never stop playing, and never stop imagining! Carmela Dutra
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If you are writing fiction, think like a god. Release all the power of your imagination; create worlds and destroy them at your will, create as many miracles as your story needs Bangambiki Habyarimana
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As I create I become. Efrat Cybulkiewicz
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Creativity is like the ocean: sometimes it is an unstoppable wave bursting forth, crashing onto the shore, and overwhelmingly flowing with no hope of restraint; other times it is completely still, lingering aimlessly and endlessly, seemingly devoid of any inspiration. Ken Poirot
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Grab a pen and your turf will have no limits. Nadun Lokuliyanage
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Developing the skill of creativity, like with any other skill, takes time. Do devote time to creativity. Honor its flow and its magic. Allow it to become your Life Force. Train Creativity daily. Unknown
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It was during the Renaissance that creativity was first seen, not as a matter of divine inspiration, but as a gift of a great learned man to imitate God’s ability to create. As Prometheus stole the fire of the Gods and brought it to the mankind, humanity needed to steal the secret of ‘creation’ from Gods and understand its essence. Unknown
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The process of creation can be unpredictable and, in some way, similar to love: the brightest waves of inspiration may sometimes occur in wrong timing, wrong places, or even with wrong people. Sahara Sanders
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Desperation is the father of invention. Micheal Lee Nelson
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Creativity is just about connecting things. A whole lot of nonsense put together, and diluted with a creative passion can eventually make sense. Keep thinking. Exploring. Keep trying out new ways and methods of doing things and just when you least expect, you may stumble on that next great world-changing idea that will make all the difference. Chinonye J. Chidolue
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Creativity can turn into an avalanche or a tempest, but can also flow like a meandering tributary to same destination Val Uchendu
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Creative people depend on the generosity and graces of strangers. Wayne Gerard Trotman
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Catching creativity is like catching butterflies — fast-flying, bright-colored sparks darting here and there, it requires quick wits, good eyes and desire to net them. And once you have them, you need to act fast. An idea, like a butterfly doesn’t last long: it is ephemeral. It is here, and now it is gone — so quick, grab your laptop, your pen and paper, your Dictaphone, your sketch pad, whatever your mode of expression or recording, swoop and catch. . Lucy H. Pearce
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There is a juiciness to creativity, a succulence that comes up from within, a sensuality which both produces and is soothed by the act and product of creativity. Creativity is pleasing to us on a deep level. Be it the feel of clay in our hands, the colors that make us feel alive as we knit or sew, the meaning that we find in the words that we write, the energizing feel of movement as we dance and the music moves through our bodies. Taking part in creativity helps us to be more fully alive on every level, it asks that we engage with life in a visceral, and interactive way. . Lucy H. Pearce
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The creative journey is not a trek through the wilderness, but actually a clearly defined path, which though not visible to our outside eyes, can be felt with our inner senses. Lucy H. Pearce
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The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths. Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Our creativity is a universe within this universe, certainly a much bigger one! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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I am what I have ever read Bangambiki Habyarimana
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We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more than others. Writers are explorers Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Words disappear in the air, but writing remains. If you want something to be remembered about you, write it down Bangambiki Habyarimana
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A writer is never alone, he is always with himself Bangambiki Habyarimana
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You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things you like to talk about, that's your area of expertise Bangambiki Habyarimana
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A creative person aspires to devote the core state of their mind fixated upon performing the surge of work that expresses the raw passion driving an evolving notion of their quintessence. Kilroy J. Oldster
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. If you want to write, just write anything that comes into your mind. You will be surprised at how you can force inspiration to stand on your side. Bangambiki Habyarimana
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You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Able writers let us into their minds and show us how they think and by that open our minds to ourselves Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts Bangambiki Habyarimana
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If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word Bangambiki Habyarimana
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You never know what you will write until you write it Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Write it as you see in your own perspective, you may be right or wrong but then what, that's how you see it Bangambiki Habyarimana
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How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost? Bangambiki Habyarimana
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You cannot write if you are not angry Bangambiki Habyarimana
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You cannot write if you are not on fire Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share Bangambiki Habyarimana
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People speak even after their death. Only do speak those who have recorded their speech in writing before they die, the rest go silent forever Bangambiki Habyarimana
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The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers Bangambiki Habyarimana
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A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him. He can hear the devil’s defense and god’s accusations. The guards at the king’s heart let him in. The writer can be anything and any one he wants. When he writes he is a god, he creates. Bangambiki Habyarimana
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If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing Bangambiki Habyarimana