Creative Quotes

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In the case of a creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in… — Friedrich Schiller
The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational considerations in guessing… — Albert Einstein
The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is… — Eric Hoffer
Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable. — Gertrude Stein
Love is the creative refinement of sex energy. And so, when love reaches perfection, the absence of sex automatically follows. A life of love, an… — Rajneesh
The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any… — Peter Senge
Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing. — Heather Sellers
We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't… — Kazuaki Tanahashi
A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations. — Gerald Jampolsky
In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator, and no two… — Louise Wilder
The best way to help people to maximize their creative potential is to allow them to do something they love. — Teresa Amabile
People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself. — Teresa Amabile
I call the age we are entering the creative age because the key factor propelling us forward is the rise of creativity as the primary… — Richard Florida
Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential. — Michael J. Gelb
The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form. — Stephen Nachmanovitch
The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities. — Jordan Peterson
The person who makes all cares into one care the care for simply staying present will be cared for by that presence which is creative… — Kabir Helminski
The truth is that there's more than enough good to go around. There is more than enough creative ideas. There is more than enough power.… — Michael Beckwith
The essence of being human is being creative. — Joel Garreau

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