Creative Quotes

3627 quotes by 2419 authors

It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being,… — Henri Matisse
Once a man has tasted creative action, then thereafter, no matter how safely he schools himself in patience, he is restive, acutely dissatisfied with anything… — Jean Toomer
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative — Tracy Kidder
I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new… — Darren Aronofsky
If we can (generate) the right emotion inside of us, we can get ourselves to do anything. If you donâ€™t have the money, but youâ€™re… — Tony Robbins
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong,… — Guy Murchie
Besides language and music, mathematics is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind. — Hermann Weyl
Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art. — Leonardo da Vinci
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must be an enriching,… — Frederick Hart
If you would listen to every stroke of my brush, I would never need to speak again. — Janice Tanton
I've always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It's people who have brought drama to pictures from the… — Lucian Freud
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea — Robert Henri
The naked women's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man. — William Blake
There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love. — Robert Henri
What we love we shall grow to resemble. — Bernard of Clairvaux
Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings are directed toward… — Caroline Myss
There's nothing creative about living within your means. — Francis Ford Coppola
Common sense means living in the world as it is today; but creative people are people who don't want the world as it is today… — Abraham Maslow
Deliberately seeking solitude-quality time spent away from family and friends-may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to develop… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
In Hollywood, story content of movies follows a hierarchy of power, not the relative quality of various ideas. Hollywood does not lack for quality writing.… — Terry Rossio

Who Wrote These Creative Quotes

2,419 authors contributed a total of 3,627 Creative Quotes, led by these top contributors: