Creative Quotes

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A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out… — Barbara Kingsolver
Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is the source of… — Anthony Storr
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. — Elwyn Brooks White
Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no… — Hermann Hesse
Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is a… — Vladimir Nabokov
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if theyâ€™re brilliant and creative to begin withâ€”which, unfortunately, is rarely the caseâ€”tend to leave infinitely… — J D Salinger
The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But… — Anne Lamott
...whenever there is inspiration...and enthusiasm...there is a creative empowerment that goes far beyond what a mere person is capable of. — Eckhart Tolle
Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned… — Madeleine L'Engle
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting… — Marcel Duchamp
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that… — William S. Burroughs
The urge to destroy is also a creative urge. — Pablo Picasso
The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled?… — Abraham Maslow
You're always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most creative thing in… — Robert Frost
But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the… — Madeleine L'Engle
A â€œcollectiveâ€ mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of individual… — Ayn Rand
We have come to think that duty should come first. I disagree. Duty should be a by-product. Writing, the creative effort, the use of the… — Brenda Ueland

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