To tell the truth is a super avantguarde creative act

“But in a few years more perhaps there may be; for, deep within us as the ghost instinct lurks, I seem to see it…

— Edith Wharton

Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it,…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and…

— Marcel Duchamp

Every culture, if its natural development is not too much affected by political restrictions, experiences a perpetual renewal of the formative urge, and out…

— Rudolf Rocker

Half of the pleasure of painting and feeling the joy of the creative act is sharing it with others and the feeling of connection.…

— Sara Genn

Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in the artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative act? Perhaps our capacity to create…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Only in our creative acts do we step forth into the light and see ourselves whole and complete.

— Carl Jung

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

— Len Deighton

“In this world is not the creative act of the genius always a protest against the inertia of the mass?”

— Adolf Hitler

Educationists and teachers should think how they could play a role in making students spend time doing creative activities.

— Kirron Kher

“As you will see, we do not believe that artists have an obligation to strike up attitudes to the war. Indeed, they are wise…

— Ian McEwan

“You did not do my homework assignment for me,” he said, grabbing the collage again and looking it over. “I had insomnia,” I said.…

— Ree Drummond

“My robust lexicon notwithstanding, I struggle to find the right words to describe just how much I despise, hate, abhor, revile, detest and categorically…

— Rachel Held Evans

In my own case, I'm an artist, and I'm really interested in expanding the vocabulary of human action, and basically empowering people through interactivity.…

— Golan Levin

By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.

— Rollo May