Creativity Quotes

Here are some of my favorite inspirational quotes on creativity. These words truly inspire me in my work and I will use many of them in the near future to adress various issues of the creative process. I don't think anyone should base themselves too much on other people's story as I think that every individual has his own unique personal flow to discover. As I always say and will repeat many times: there is no right or wrong, the only truth that is to be found is what is true for you. But sometimes, while we are working so hard on ourselves and try to evolve in our own process, we hit this spot where we feel stuck or uninspired. In those moments, it always helps to come back to soothing words that bring us back to our center or to discover new inspiring sources and forms of Art. So if you feel in an artistic block or if you are trying hard and hit this point where it feels useless or don't know if you are "good enough", these quotes are here to help.

Mynah M.

If you read on and one of the quotes below strick you as being particularly accurate or helpful, or if you would like me to write a comment on a specific quote, please leave a comment below!

"Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not."

          Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form: Graphic Works 1895-1972

"Creativity takes courage."

Henri Matisse

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”

Martha Graham    

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." 

Scott Adams  

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." 

Maya Angelou 

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.”

       

           Banksi, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall 

“Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak..surrender to them. Don't ask first whether it's permitted, or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that.”

        Herman Hesse

“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.”

        Ernest Becker

"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."

          Kurt Vonnegut 

"If you hear a voice within you say 'You cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

          Vincent Van Gogh






                   

 "Have no fear of perfection, you will never reach it."

Salvador Dali

"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great great creative people."

          Leo Burnett

 "Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird: that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

          Charles Mingus

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

          Ray Bradbury

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

Albert Einstein