Creative Quotes

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Standards of beauty describe in precise terms the relationship that an individual will have to her own body. They prescribe her mobility, spontaneity, posture, gait,… — Andrea Dworkin
Within the heart of every person exists the flame of wisdom that transforms all suffering into kindling for the fire of creative energy. — Daisaku Ikeda
Since money is energy, our financial affairs tend to reflect how our life energy is moving. When your creative energy is flowing freely, often your… — Shakti Gawain
As an artist you have to fight and survive the wilderness to keep your creative freedom. Creativity is very fragile. — Karel Appel
As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Creative people rarely need to be motivated-they have their own inner drive that refuses to be bored. They refuse to be complacent. They live on… — Donald Trump
The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be. — John W. Gardner
So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my career. Start something… — Katherine Dunham
We have to believe that every person counts, counts as a creative force that can move mountains. — May Sarton
All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open. — Elwyn Brooks White
I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work. — John Frankenheimer
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's… — Martin Luther
People can be motivated to creativity simply with the instruction to "be creative." — Richard Saul Wurman
There is no reason to believe ... that the "essential purpose" of language is "communication". ... Language can be used to transmit information, but it… — Noam Chomsky
I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist. — Brandon Boyd
Part of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action. — Oliver Herring
Someday, hopefully very soon, 'diving within' as a preparation for learning and as a tool for developing the creative potential of the mind will be… — David Lynch
The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who forces us to… — Martin Filler
Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being - the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our… — Shakti Gawain
An authentic life does not require anyone else's approval for your creative choices. — Alan Cohen

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