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."
Pablo Picasso
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"To create a little flower is the labour of ages."
Pablo Picasso
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"The point of departure of the creative act is in some neurotic state."
Pablo Picasso
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"I'm always looking for something new, something I've never done before. That's the only way I enjoy painting."
Pablo Picasso
"The creativity required in war is dwarfed by the creativity required for peace."
Ehud Barak
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"Innovation requires both idealism and pragmatism."
Naftali Bennett
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Shimon Peres
"Creativity is the highest form of intelligence."
Shimon Peres
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"The only way to create is to be authentic to yourself."
Vincent van Gogh
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"Do not quench your inspiration and imagination; do not become the slave of your model."
Vincent van Gogh
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"Genius is talent set on fire."
Vincent van Gogh
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"There is always something to draw."
Vincent van Gogh
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"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"I have always believed that an artist should develop his own style."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"I saw an angel in the stone and set it free."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; a grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands."
Leonardo da Vinci
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"The painter's mind should be like a mirror which always takes the color of the thing that it reflects."
Leonardo da Vinci
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"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
Leonardo da Vinci
"Innovation comes from those willing to challenge convention."
Ehud Barak
"Creativity thrives where fear is minimized."
Ehud Barak
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"Creativity flourishes when we give people permission to fail."
Naftali Bennett
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"We build meaning through connection, contribution, and creativity."
Naftali Bennett
"The greatest invention is not a thing, but an idea."
Shimon Peres
"Creativity is the rebellion of the human spirit."
Shimon Peres
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"We must nurture the talents and gifts of our people."
Benjamin Netanyahu
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"Creativity emerges from the friction between constraint and freedom."
Naftali Bennett
"Innovation requires the courage to challenge conventional wisdom."
Ehud Barak