--- title: "18 Ideas Flow Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 18 Ideas Flow quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Ideas Flow sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/kirby-larson-15140_flow_i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to_3226195.png" --- > [I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-larson/i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to-flow/) [Kirby Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-larson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/kirby-larson-15140_flow_i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to_3226195.png) > [Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/ideas-can-no-more-flow-backward-than-can-a-river/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/victor-hugo-32_flow_ideas-can-no-more-flow-backward-than-can_1157166.jpg) > [“My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to expressed them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not-time-to-expressed-them/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/jane-austen-39_ideas_my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not_3073059.jpg) > [Thanksgiving opens up the windows of the opportunity for ideas to flow your way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/thanksgiving-opens-up-the-windows-of-the-opportunity-for-ideas-to/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/jim-rohn-243_flow_thanksgiving-opens-up-the-windows-of-the_2174448.jpg) > [I used to sit and draw in the evening with a couple of crates of beer. That makes the ideas flow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-linley/i-used-to-sit-and-draw-in-the-evening-with-a-couple-of-crates-of-beer/) [David Linley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-linley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/david-linley-5661_beer_i-used-to-sit-and-draw-in-the-evening-wi_2229625.jpg) > [My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them──by which means my letters sometimes convey no ideas at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not-time-to-express-them-by/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/jane-austen-39_flow_my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not_1893985.jpg) > [When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/when-i-am-travelling-in-a-carriage-or-walking-after-a-good-meal-or/) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-4369_carriage_when-i-am-travelling-in-a-carriage-or-wa_73804.jpg) > [Don't talk about it - you'll talk it away. Let the ideas flow from your mind to the page without exposing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/don-t-talk-about-it-you-ll-talk-it-away-let-the-ideas-flow-from-your/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/tom-robbins-169_air_don-t-talk-about-it-you-ll-talk-it-away_790576.jpg) > [Once you define exactly what your purpose is you won’t even have to try to figure out how to make money. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-proctor/once-you-define-exactly-what-your-purpose-is-you-won-t-even-have-to/) [Bob Proctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-proctor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/bob-proctor-1579_defining_once-you-define-exactly-what-your-purpos_3058539.jpg) > [Sometimes I like practicing, sometimes I don't. But I like the result... I hardly ever get discouraged. Maybe right when it's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-hahn/sometimes-i-like-practicing-sometimes-i-don-t-but-i-like-the-result-i/) [Hilary Hahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-hahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/hilary-hahn-4503_hard_sometimes-i-like-practicing-sometimes-i_1066989.png) > [Why is it that, when we want to think outside the proverbial box, we often put ourselves in one? We gather our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-best/why-is-it-that-when-we-want-to-think-outside-the-proverbial-box-we/) [Charles Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-best/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/charles-best-6989_ideas_why-is-it-that-when-we-want-to-think-out_4453.jpg) > [I dislike frontiers, political or intellectual, and I find that ignoring them is an essential catalyst for creative thought. Ideas should flow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-atiyah/i-dislike-frontiers-political-or-intellectual-and-i-find-that/) [Michael Atiyah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-atiyah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/michael-atiyah-35333_catalyst_i-dislike-frontiers-political-or-intelle_1890130.jpg) > [It is when I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer…that ideas flow best and most abundantly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/it-is-when-i-am-as-it-were-completely-myself-entirely-alone-and-of/) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-4369_abundantly_it-is-when-i-am-as-it-were-completely-my_2878738.jpg) > [“When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer---say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mozart/when-i-am-as-it-were-completely-myself-entirely-alone-and-of-good/) [Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mozart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/mozart-97349_abundantly_when-i-am-as-it-were-completely-myself-e_727826.jpg) > [I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I did, and am looking about for a sentiment, an illustration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/i-begin-already-to-weigh-my-words-and-sentences-more-than-i-did-and/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/jane-austen-39_charming_i-begin-already-to-weigh-my-words-and-se_1538732.jpg) > [Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-brahms/straight-away-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-directly-from-god-and-not/) [Johannes Brahms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-brahms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/johannes-brahms-20517_eye_straight-away-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me_903503.jpg) > [Separate out the creative act from the act of editing and execution. Make it a two-step process. First, let ideas flow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-linkner/separate-out-the-creative-act-from-the-act-of-editing-and-execution/) [Josh Linkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-linkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/josh-linkner-17871_chance_separate-out-the-creative-act-from-the-a_199345.jpg) > [“When I am … completely myself, entirely alone... or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/when-i-am-completely-myself-entirely-alone-or-during-the-night-when-i/) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-4369_creativity_when-i-am-completely-myself-entirely-alo_3195160.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideas-flow/#itemlist", "name": "Ideas Flow Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kirby Larson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-larson/i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to-flow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/kirby-larson-15140_flow_i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to_3226195.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/kirby-larson-15140_flow_i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to_3226195.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/kirby-larson-15140_flow_i-gotta-pound-the-keys-for-the-ideas-to_3226195.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.” — Kirby Larson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/ideas-can-no-more-flow-backward-than-can-a-river/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/victor-hugo-32_flow_ideas-can-no-more-flow-backward-than-can_1157166.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/victor-hugo-32_flow_ideas-can-no-more-flow-backward-than-can_1157166.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/victor-hugo-32_flow_ideas-can-no-more-flow-backward-than-can_1157166.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.” — Victor Hugo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to expressed them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Austen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not-time-to-expressed-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/jane-austen-39_ideas_my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not_3073059.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/jane-austen-39_ideas_my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not_3073059.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/jane-austen-39_ideas_my-ideas-flow-so-rapidly-that-i-have-not_3073059.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to expressed them.” — Jane Austen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thanksgiving opens up the windows of the opportunity for ideas to flow your way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Rohn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/thanksgiving-opens-up-the-windows-of-the-opportunity-for-ideas-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/jim-rohn-243_flow_thanksgiving-opens-up-the-windows-of-the_2174448.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/jim-rohn-243_flow_thanksgiving-opens-up-the-windows-of-the_2174448.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/jim-rohn-243_flow_thanksgiving-opens-up-the-windows-of-the_2174448.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thanksgiving opens up the windows of the opportunity for ideas to flow your way.” — Jim Rohn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I used to sit and draw in the evening with a couple of crates of beer. 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