Creativity Quotes

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Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs… — Muhammad Yunus
It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure… — Christina Perri
The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to be meddled with by amateur… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and… — Stephen Covey
The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these… — W. Edwards Deming
Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a… — Alan Cohen
At Google, operations are not just an afterthought: they are critical to the company's success, and we want to have just as much effort and… — Eric Schmidt
What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning. — Rollo May
I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that… — Pablo Casals
I don't believe in inspiration. I believe in work, because while one works one's creativity is opened. — Giacomo Manzu
Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort. — Alex Faickney Osborn
If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your self-confidence. Sometimes that's dangerously close to arrogance. — Trevor Nunn
Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution — Clay Shirky
Don't hire a dog, then bark yourself — David Ogilvy
To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write. — Robert McKee
The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others. — Seth Godin
Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee! — William Shakespeare
Have patience, and endure — William Shakespeare
Create or perish is the eternal mandate of nature. Be constructive or become frustrated is an equal demand. You cannot escape the conclusion that whatever… — Ernest Holmes
We are ourselves creations. We are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. This is the God-force extending itself through us. Creativity is God's… — Julia Cameron

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