Creativity Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

“You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

How can you teach someone to be creative? You have to create yourself.

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative?

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

Creative writing lessons can be very useful, just like music lessons can be useful. To say, as Hanif Kureishi did, that 99.9% of students…

— Matt Haig

There are too many "creative writing" courses and seminars, in which young wirters are constantly being taught to rewrite the previous generation. They should…

— John Dos Passos

You can't teach somebody how to be a good writer.

— Robert Ben Garant

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

— Richard Hugo

I don't know where creativity comes from, but I think everybody has the ability to be creative. I think what's important about creativity starts…

— Lyle Lovett

I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I think in…

— Markus Zusak

The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to nurture the…

— Ken Robinson

Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively. There are three related tasks in teaching for creativity: encouraging, identifying and fostering.

— Ken Robinson

Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a person can't…

— Ken Robinson