Creative Quotes

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The creative person prefers the richness of the disordered to the stark barrenness of the simple. — Donald M. MacKinnon
When you understand who and what you are, your radiance projects into the universal radiance and everything around you becomes creative and full of opportunity. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but also to lose… — Judit Polgar
A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which there… — Sigmund Freud
The value of the creative faculty derives from the fact that faculty is the primary mark of man. To deprive man of its exercise is… — Eric Gill
Every creative act involves a new innocence or perception, liberated from the cataract of accepted belief. — Arthur Koestler
I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories. — Anthony Storr
In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the root of our… — Constantin Stanislavski
Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom. — Jeanette Winterson
Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all. — Earl Nightingale
We are going to need organizations that are culturally equipped to adapt. They must have internal processes that are creative, generative, and productive rather than… — Karl Albrecht
I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current… — Ai Weiwei
Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative people prone to… — Nick Flynn
Food is a product of supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders… — Tyler Cowen
Like many of the people quoted on this dust-cover, I have not read Carl King's book. I am confident, however, that my review still applies:… — Unknown Author
Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional peaks… — Unknown Author
It is my belief that we need a new transnational sustaining 'myth' that can impart value and respect. It is my further belief that we… — Stuart Kauffman
The real wealth of a nation is its people. And the purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long,… — Mahbub ul Haq
I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so… — Duncan Sheik

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