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title: "4 Theory Creativity Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/a-theory-of-creativity-is-actually-just-a-metaphor-a-pool-of-ideas-a/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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> [There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/there-is-a-theory-that-creativity-arises-when-individuals-are-out-of/)

[Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/)

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> [My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/my-theory-about-creativity-is-that-the-more-money-one-has-the-more/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

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> [The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-walford/the-cumulative-effect-of-the-romantic-theory-of-creativity-as-played/)

[John Walford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-walford/)

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