Creativity Quotes

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

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"To write is to defy oblivion."
Rodolfo Walsh
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"Writing is remembering, and remembering is resistance."
Rodolfo Walsh
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"To write is to refuse invisibility."
Rodolfo Walsh
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"To write is to defy the erasure of history."
Rodolfo Walsh
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"To create is to rebel against the order of things."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"Creativity begins where rational thought ends."
Juan Carlos Onetti
"Creativity flourishes in the soil of constraints."
Leopoldo Lugones
"Creativity is the greatest rebellion."
Julio Cortázar
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"Creativity is not invention; it is the discovery of what already exists within us."
Ernesto Sabato
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"We are all artists of our own lives, creating meaning from the raw material of existence."
Ernesto Sabato
"Creativity takes courage."
Luis Cernuda
"Creativity is contagious, pass it on."
Luis Cernuda
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"Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change."
Rafael Alberti
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"Creativity is the highest form of human expression."
Rafael Alberti
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"Creativity flows from authentic expression."
Rafael Alberti
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"Every writer creates his own precursors."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"In fact, all writing is an act of the memory."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"The work of a writer is to render the infinite finite."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"Every interpretation of a work is itself a work."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"The act of writing is to become eternal."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"I write to understand myself, not to entertain others."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"Creativity requires the courage to abandon certainty."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"We are all writing our own stories, though we rarely acknowledge ourselves as authors."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"Creativity is the act of making something from nothing, which is divine."
Juan Carlos Onetti
"Creativity flows from a mind that dares to question."
Leopoldo Lugones
"The creative mind sees possibilities where others see limitations."
Leopoldo Lugones
"Nobody is obliged to write a book that nobody asked for."
Julio Cortázar
"We are all born originals, but most of us die copies."
Julio Cortázar
"The worst that can happen to a writer is to have ideas."
Julio Cortázar
"Dance as if no one is watching; write as if no one will read."
Julio Cortázar