Creativity
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- A good imitation is the most perfect originality.
- A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
- A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.Maxwell MaltzSourced
- A poor original is better than a good imitation.
- A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
- A true artist is not one who is inspired but one who inspires others.
- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (And, significantly, silence is an integral part of all good music...)
- Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
- All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinkings.
- All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.
- An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.
- An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
- An obstacle is not a roadblock — it is an inspiration for creative detours.
- An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind.
- Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
- Art is the beautiful way of doing things.
- Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.
- Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
- Become who you are. Make what only you can make.
- Blind conformity wears shackles of fear; originality grows wings of confidence.
- Business has only two basic functions: marketing and innovation.
- Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties.
- Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
- Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.
- Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.
- Creativity is intelligence having fun.
- Creativity is just connecting things.
- Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something.
- Creativity is the willingness to experiment.
- Creativity takes courage.
- Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.Willa CatherCommonly attributed
- Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
- Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead.
- Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
- Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.
- Don’t let the fear of not pleasing someone stop you from being creative.
- Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.
- Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
- Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.
- Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.