Creativity Quotes

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I was very happy, I think part of the point of this creativity is to do something that helps you in a cathartic sense. — Winston Graham
The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads… — Richard Holbrooke
It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who… — Mohammad Khatami
Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed… — Lawrence Lessig
Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive. — Daniel H. Pink
The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work. — Daniel H. Pink
Creativity is connected to passion - that light inside that drives you. — Amy Poehler
The biggest bursts of speciation that we know about in the history of the earth are soon after great cataclysms, like the extinction of the… — Rupert Sheldrake
Creativity gives new forms, new patterns, new ideas, new art forms. And we don't know where creativity comes from. Is it inspired from above? Welling… — Rupert Sheldrake
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination… — Ai Weiwei
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. — Charles H. Brower
You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it. — Kimon Nicolaides
If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much more… — Kumi Naidoo
Where God's presence is no longer a tenable proposition and where his absence is no longer a felt, indeed overwhelming weight, certain dimensions of thought… — Rudolf Steiner
In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness. — Josef Albers
Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate. — Joan D. Chittister
I've been collecting since college, .. When we're children, we're taught to draw in the lines, use certain colors. In this art, the talent and… — Beverly L. Kaye
I'm going to commune with God and I must be appropriately dressed! — Joseph Haydn
One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you… — Eric Maisel
Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent...Revealing secrets can… — Eric Maisel

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