Creativity Quotes

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

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"The person who stands alone often stands at the threshold of important discovery."
Solomon Asch
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"The ability to fight can also be a capacity to create."
Alfred Adler
"The heroic imagination is something that can be cultivated and strengthened through practice."
Philip Zimbardo
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"Genius is talent exercised with courage."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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"Creativity emerges from novel combinations of previously conditioned responses."
John B. Watson
"Moral imagination allows us to envision resistance and redemption."
Philip Zimbardo
"Moral imagination is the antidote to the banality of evil."
Philip Zimbardo
"Creativity is not the ability to create something from nothing, but to see connections others do not."
Blaise Pascal
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"Creativity emerges from novel recombinations of conditioned responses."
John B. Watson
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"Genius is talent exercised with courage."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Creativity is intelligence having fun"
Dear Abby
"Creativity flourishes when fear is eliminated"
Dear Abby
"Wood is twisted by nature but used for many purposes."
Lao Tzu
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Ann Landers
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"Create something that will outlive you."
Ann Landers
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"The artist does not wait for inspiration; the artist creates it through discipline."
Alfred Adler
"The power of genius is not in its conclusions but in its questions."
Blaise Pascal
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"The hours when I write are the only hours when I feel entirely myself."
Russell Baker
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"A writer is someone who has taught their mind to misbehave."
Russell Baker
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"The act of writing offers a way out and a way through."
Russell Baker
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"The goal is not to live forever. The goal is to create something that will."
Russell Baker
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"A writer is a person who writes, and a writer should write."
Russell Baker
"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."
Dear Abby
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Dear Abby
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"The mind is a master storyteller, creating narratives to justify our behavior."
Leon Festinger
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"We are all authors of our own justifications."
Leon Festinger
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Ann Landers
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"Creativity flourishes when we silence our inner critic."
Ann Landers
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"To imagine a language means to imagine a form of life."
Ludwig Wittgenstein