Creativity Quotes

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

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"The creator is the only one who understands creation."
Salvador Dalí
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"I love the confusion of painting in an incomprehensible manner."
Salvador Dalí
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"I don't have dreams, I have nightmares... beautiful nightmares."
Salvador Dalí
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"The greatest thing about art is that it lets you show what you really believe."
Andy Warhol
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"Everybody is talented. Everybody is capable of doing anything."
Andy Warhol
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"I like to paint things which haven't been painted before."
Andy Warhol
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"I like to make ordinary things feel extraordinary."
Andy Warhol
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"If you're thinking about something long enough, you will eventually draw it."
Andy Warhol
"My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece."
Claude Monet
"The day is my canvas, and light is my brush."
Claude Monet
"The moment of creation cannot be planned or forced."
Claude Monet
"The changing seasons are the rhythm of my inspiration."
Claude Monet
"Every brushstroke is a conversation with nature."
Claude Monet
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"I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best. I am the subject I want to know better."
Frida Kahlo
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"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."
Frida Kahlo
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"I believe in the power of my own hands to create."
Frida Kahlo
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"In every stroke, I leave a piece of my heart."
Frida Kahlo
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"I create because creation is how I survive."
Frida Kahlo
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"Every line drawn is a conversation between the hand and the heart."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"To create is to believe in a future you may never see."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"Creativity flourishes in the spaces between order and chaos."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"Creativity requires the courage to fail publicly and repeatedly."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Pablo Picasso
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"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."
Pablo Picasso
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"The chief enemy of creativity is good sense."
Pablo Picasso
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"Every child is an artist. The problem is staying an artist once you grow up."
Pablo Picasso
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"I wanted to paint the way I think, not the way I see."
Pablo Picasso
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"Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist."
Pablo Picasso
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"I have created a language within language."
Pablo Picasso
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"The chief enemy of creativity is self-doubt."
Pablo Picasso