Creativity Quotes

Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.

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"The greatest innovation comes from the marriage of tradition and daring."
Philip II
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"Creativity takes courage."
Demosthenes
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Demosthenes
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"In every star catalogue is written the story of human curiosity."
Hipparchus
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"The mind is capable of extraordinary feats."
Eratosthenes
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"Creativity blooms from disciplined thinking."
Eratosthenes
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"Innovation comes from questioning convention."
Eratosthenes
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"Words are the pictures of the soul; choose them to reveal your best self."
Isocrates
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"Creativity is the highest form of human expression."
Pericles
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"Innovation is the child of necessity and imagination."
Pericles
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"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
Demosthenes
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"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."
Demosthenes
"A single spark of creativity can light a thousand fires."
Leonidas I
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"Creativity flows from the well of understanding."
Aristarchus
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"Innovation comes to those who see beyond the current moment."
Aristarchus
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"Creativity flourishes when freed from the chains of dogma."
Aristarchus
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"The greatest inventions come from asking simple questions about complex things."
Eratosthenes
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"The creative mind is not bound by the limitations others perceive."
Isocrates
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"Creativity flourishes when we give ourselves permission to fail."
Isocrates
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"Creativity is the greatest form of power."
Pericles
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"The mind of the mathematician is a mirror held up to creation."
Hipparchus
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"Creativity flourishes when fear is replaced by the desire for greatness."
Pericles
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"Memory is the treasury of a orator."
Xenophon
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"The scholar's greatest weapon is not his library, but his curiosity."
Eratosthenes
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"Innovation distinguishes a forward thinking people from those bound by tradition."
Thucydides
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"The celestial mechanic must think as both artist and accountant."
Hipparchus
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"The mind is a fire that burns brighter when fed with questions, not answers."
Pericles
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"Curiosity is the physician's greatest virtue."
Galen
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"The most valuable experiments are often those that fail."
Galen
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"Innovation begins where orthodoxy ends its inquiry."
Aristarchus