Creativity Quotes

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

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"Creativity is the power to bring forth what has not yet been."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"From the necessity of the divine nature there must follow infinite things in infinite ways."
Baruch Spinoza
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"The creative spirit cannot be suppressed."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"The greatest creativity emerges from hardship."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Enthusiasm is the engine of genius."
John Locke
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"Enthusiasm is the vital condition for genius."
Immanuel Kant
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"Creativity flourishes when the mind is free from constraint."
Immanuel Kant
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"An man destitute of imagination is incapable of becoming a poet or philosopher."
David Hume
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"The creative mind does not discover new truths so much as it finds new ways of seeing old ones."
David Hume
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"To create is to understand; to understand is to participate in eternal nature."
Baruch Spinoza
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"To be always thinking of the opinions of others is to render oneself incapable of original thought."
Adam Smith
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"All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'facts'."
Thomas Hobbes
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"To create is to participate in the divine."
José de San Martín
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"There is often a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them."
John Locke
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"La creatividad es el alma de la innovación."
José de San Martín
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"The more the Mind is capable of understanding many things at once, the greater its power of acting."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Wonder and surprise are like two powers of the human mind that delight in novelty."
Adam Smith
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"Genius is nothing but great capacity for patience."
David Hume
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"We should maintain our capacity for wonder throughout our lives."
David Hume
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"Creativity flourishes in freedom."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Creativity is the expression of our deepest humanity."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The creative spirit of a people cannot be suppressed by external force."
José de San Martín
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"Creativity in the service of justice transcends all boundaries."
José de San Martín
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"The creative spirit cannot be confined by walls or laws."
Benito Juárez
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"The creative act is an act of defiance against the forces of decay."
Benito Juárez
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"Creativity is the expression of the divine within us."
Emma Goldman
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"The passion for destruction is also a creative passion."
Michel Bakunin
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"Every individual has within them the seeds of genius."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Creativity flourishes when people are free from fear and want."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The creative mind is the greatest force for civilization."
Simón Bolívar