--- title: "20 Creative Quotes By Albert Einstein" description: "20 Creative quotes by Albert Einstein. Plus more from Albert Einstein and more Creative sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/albert-einstein-33_creative_creative-energy-is-more-critical-than-le_1760314.jpg" --- > [Creative energy is more critical than learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/creative-energy-is-more-critical-than-learning/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/albert-einstein-33_creative_creative-energy-is-more-critical-than-le_1760314.jpg) > [In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/in-my-experience-the-best-creative-work-is-never-done-when-one-is/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/albert-einstein-33_creative_in-my-experience-the-best-creative-work_156025.jpg) > [ The creative principle \[of science\] resides in mathematics. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-creative-principle-of-science-resides-in-mathematics/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/albert-einstein-33_creative_the-creative-principle-of-science-reside_1320324.jpg) > [True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/true-art-is-characterized-by-an-irresistible-urge-in-the-creative/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/albert-einstein-33_art_true-art-is-characterized-by-an-irresist_2012779.jpg) > [It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-is-the-supreme-art-of-the-teacher-to-awaken-joy-in-creative/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/albert-einstein-33_art_it-is-the-supreme-art-of-the-teacher-to_2368103.jpg) > [The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-history-of-scientific-and-technical-discovery-teaches-us-that-the-2/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/albert-einstein-33_creative_the-history-of-scientific-and-technical_3131770.jpg) > [Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/fraulein-noether-was-the-most-significant-creative-mathematical/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/albert-einstein-33_creative_fraulein-noether-was-the-most-significan_1149316.jpg) > [Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/violence-sometimes-may-have-cleared-away-obstructions-quickly-but-it/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/albert-einstein-33_christian-inspiratio_violence-sometimes-may-have-cleared-away_152924.jpg) > [I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-believe-the-most-important-mission-of-the-state-is-to-protect-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/albert-einstein-33_believe_i-believe-the-most-important-mission-of_1906478.jpg) > [The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-creative-scientist-studies-nature-with-the-rapt-gaze-of-the-lover/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/albert-einstein-33_aesthetics_the-creative-scientist-studies-nature-wi_1044929.jpg) > [But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true that pure thought can grasp reality, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/but-the-creative-principle-resides-in-mathematics-in-a-certain-sense/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/albert-einstein-33_certain_but-the-creative-principle-resides-in-ma_1860868.jpg) > [I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-was-originally-supposed-to-become-an-engineer-but-the-thought-of/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/albert-einstein-33_creative_i-was-originally-supposed-to-become-an-e_1787699.jpg) > [The power of imagination is the ultimate creative power.. no doubt about that. While knowledge defines all we currently know and understand..…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-power-of-imagination-is-the-ultimate-creative-power-no-doubt/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/albert-einstein-33_attraction_the-power-of-imagination-is-the-ultimate_2009412.jpg) > [Without creative, independently thinking and judging personalities the upward development of society is as unthinkable as the development of the individual personality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/without-creative-independently-thinking-and-judging-personalities-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/albert-einstein-33_community_without-creative-independently-thinking_929162.jpg) > [The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-mere-formulation-of-a-problem-is-far-more-essential-than-its/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/albert-einstein-33_advances-in-science_the-mere-formulation-of-a-problem-is-far_3076819.jpg) > [The really valuable thing in the pageant of human life seems to me not the political state, but the creative, sentient individual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-really-valuable-thing-in-the-pageant-of-human-life-seems-to-me/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/albert-einstein-33_creative_the-really-valuable-thing-in-the-pageant_1358472.jpg) > [The theoretical idea ... does not arise apart from and independent of experience; nor can it be derived from experience by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-theoretical-idea-does-not-arise-apart-from-and-independent-of/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/albert-einstein-33_arise_the-theoretical-idea-does-not-arise-apar_454498.jpg) > [The most valuable thing a teacher can impart to children is not knowledge and understanding per se but a longing for knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-most-valuable-thing-a-teacher-can-impart-to-children-is-not/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/albert-einstein-33_appreciation_the-most-valuable-thing-a-teacher-can-im_2878876.jpg) > [The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination. Even when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-history-of-scientific-and-technical-discovery-teaches-us-that-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/albert-einstein-33_birth_the-history-of-scientific-and-technical_2497747.jpg) > [Artists and creative workers - people who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/artists-and-creative-workers-people-who-have-accomplished-work/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/albert-einstein-33_accomplished_artists-and-creative-workers-people-who_2085163.jpg) ## Other authors on Creative - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julia-cameron-54149.jpg) Julia Cameron 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/julia-cameron/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/amit-kalantri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-ken-robinson-56362.jpg) Ken Robinson 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/ken-robinson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-twyla-tharp-92503.jpg) Twyla Tharp 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/twyla-tharp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-jung-20958.jpg) Carl Jung 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/carl-jung/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-kao-51706.jpg) John Kao 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/john-kao/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/stephen-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-ceelo-21841.jpg) Nita Leland 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/nita-leland/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Albert Einstein > [America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/america-is-a-democracy-and-has-no-hitler-but-i-am-afraid-for-her/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The faster you go, the shorter you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-faster-you-go-the-shorter-you-are/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/common-sense-is-nothing-more-than-a-deposit-of-prejudices-laid-down/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-most-fundamental-question-we-can-ever-ask-ourselves-is-whether-or/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/a-knowledge-of-the-existence-of-something-we-cannot-penetrate-of-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/you-imagine-that-i-look-back-on-my-life-s-work-with-calm-satisfaction/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-strongest-force-in-the-universe-is-compound-interest/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-right-to-search-for-the-truth-implies-also-a-duty-one-must-not/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/everything-that-is-really-great-and-inspiring-is-created-by-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-world-we-have-made-is-a-result-of-the-level-of-thinking-we-have/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/anyone-who-thinks-science-is-trying-to-make-human-life-easier-or-more/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/life-isn-t-worth-living-unless-it-is-lived-for-someone-else/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/just-because-you-don-t-believe-in-something-doesn-t-mean-it-isn-t-true/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/but-there-is-another-reason-for-the-high-repute-of-mathematics-it-is/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/nothing-will-benefit-human-health-and-increase-the-chances-for/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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