Creativity Quotes
Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.
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"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."Coco Chanel
"Fashion is not necessarily something that goes on bodies. Fashion is in the air. It's the wind that blows new ideas."Coco Chanel
"Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the mediocre are always assured of a majority."Coco Chanel
"Women must tell themselves: 'I am not trying to imitate him, I am trying to create myself.'"Coco Chanel
"The real danger for any artist is not following your immediate feeling."Coco Chanel
"Creativity takes courage."Lorenzo de Medici
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."Lorenzo de Medici
"The varnish is merely the instrument's final confession."Antonio Stradivari
"A violin reflects the builder's soul more accurately than any mirror."Antonio Stradivari
"I am merely a servant of the music that wishes to be born."Antonio Stradivari
"The varnish is not a coating; it is a signature written in amber."Antonio Stradivari
"To craft is to participate in the creation of the world itself."Antonio Stradivari
"I have always believed that passion is the engine of great art."Ismail Merchant
"Creativity cannot be forced, only invited and welcomed."Ismail Merchant
"The power of innovation lies in observing what others overlook and perfecting what others abandon."Josiah Wedgwood
"The mind that questions convention is the mind that invents the future."Josiah Wedgwood
"The greatest glory of Florence can be neither arms nor buildings, so much as the wit of her children."Cosimo Medici
"Creativity takes courage."Cosimo Medici
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."Cosimo Medici
"Innovation separates the rich from the poor"Jacob Fugger
"Creativity solves what routine cannot"Jacob Fugger
"To create beauty is to leave something eternal in a mortal world."Giovanni Medici
"The most creative solutions come from those desperate enough to try anything."Giovanni Medici
"What we think, we become."Lorenzo de Medici
"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."Lorenzo de Medici
"Creativity takes courage."Lorenzo de Medici
"The pursuit of perfection is not vanity—it is the highest form of respect for one's craft."Josiah Wedgwood
"The hands can express what the tongue cannot."Josiah Wedgwood
"I employ my hands and mind in equal measure for the creation of beauty."Josiah Wedgwood
"What we create endures longer than what we conquer."Cosimo Medici