Creativity Quotes · Page 160

One had better not rush, otherwise dung comes out rather than creative work.

— Anton Chekhov

You can't allow your creative sessions to be dominated by miniscule editing processes.

— Jon Hopkins

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.

— Marina and the Diamonds

Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers.

— Thomas M. Disch

We're so used to seeing Agatha Christie's work on screen that going back to the original is a real joy.

— Mel Giedroyc

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

— Anonymous

You have to know your identity. It's the biggest thing in wanting to pursue creative dreams.

— Lauren Daigle

“You break out of the box by stepping into shackles. From Imagine: How Creativity Works pg 23 (hardcover)”

— Jonah Lehrer

“Knowledge is borrowed. Imagination is original. It is the power of imagination that makes us different from our animal ancestors.”

— Banani Ray

A culture that values only what has succeeded before, where the first rule of success is that there must be something 'measured'…

— Sue Halpern

Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan…

— Rollo May

At the deepest level, the creative process and the healing process arise from a single source. When you are an artist, you…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

Organisations with decision-making speed and imagination will thrive as nobody can claim to have a monopoly over creativity.

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character.

— Chuck Jones

Everything has been done. It's not possible to create something completely new, something that has never been seen before. It's only possible…

— Marcel Wanders

“Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die,…

— Ray Bradbury

Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and…

— Sri Chinmoy

What snowboarding has always had and the Olympics has not touched is that spirit, that original spirit of creativity and athletes standing…

— Gretchen Bleiler

I believe that true success in bodybuilding nutrition comes from some variety in diet. It allows for more creativity, enables a bodybuilder…

— Robert Cheeke

“Consciously or not, we feel and internalize what the space tells us about how to work. When you walk into most offices,…

— David Kelley

Between films you try to fill your life with hobbies; acting is really so satisfying when you're doing it, and definitely feeds…

— Luke Kirby

The first job of a leader-at work or at home-is to inspire trust. It's to bring out the best in people by…

— Anonymous

The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know. And I said they don't know nothing.…

— Toni Morrison

“...why is it that, in creative writing courses today, the very first thing we teach students is write what you know? Perhaps…

— Elif Shafak

The skill of a good creative leader is being comfortable with blowing up an idea and knowing it will get better.

— Edwin Catmull

Backwards understood be only can but, forwards lived be must life.

— Soren Kierkegaard

I spent a lot of time on recce. It is a kind of creative chaos, but I like the sense of creative…

— Tony Harrison

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

— Lester Bangs

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

— Eckhart Tolle

If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.

— Adam Grant

“A little creativity can make something ordinary, extraordinary, and something extraordinary that much more so.”

— Scott Stabile

In order to produce something new, you have to return to the original source, to the childhood of mankind.

— Paul Gauguin

Human creativity uses what is already existing and available and changes it in unpredictable ways.

— Silvano Arieti

The inconsistency of genius is a consistent theme of creativity.

— Jonah Lehrer

I create this persona for the show. And that's what it is. I'm an act.

— Jerry Springer

I'm just in the business of creating; creating new work inspires you to create new work. It's kind of funny.

— Karen Walker

“Be creative. Remember that we only learnt how to fly when we stopped imitating birds.”

— Paulo Coelho

“The treasure secretly gathered in your heart will become evident through your creative work.”

— Albrecht Durer

I love being able to create something from the page and bring it to life.

— Anonymous

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

— Joel Salatin