Creativity Quotes

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

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"A creative mind is one that sees connections where others see only separation."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"I dream of a silent music and a visible silence."
Fernando Pessoa
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"I create myself daily through my contradictions."
Fernando Pessoa
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"A criatividade nasce quando libertamos a mente das correntes do medo."
Almeida Garrett
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"A criatividade floresce quando permitimos que os erros nos ensinem."
Almeida Garrett
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"Creativity is the soul's way of speaking."
Padraig Colum
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"Creativity is the highest form of intelligence."
Padraig Colum
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"Creativity requires a willingness to betray your principles."
John Banville
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"Every act of creation is an act of destruction."
John Banville
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"Through creativity, we become co-creators with the forces of nature."
Luís de Camões
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"Creativity flourishes in the spaces between rules and chaos."
Eça de Queirós
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"Creativity is the rebellion of the individual against the collective."
Eça de Queirós
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"To create is to rebel against the order of things."
Saramago
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"Creation requires that we destroy what was before."
Saramago
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"The creative act is man's highest form of participation in divine work."
Luís de Camões
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"Creativity is the expression of the soul."
Austin Clarke
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"Creativity is the antidote to despair."
Austin Clarke
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"Every person contains multitudes; I simply gave mine names."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Creativity is lying beautifully about what is true."
Fernando Pessoa
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"To create is to destroy the world as it was."
Fernando Pessoa
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"In every person lives a novelist, composing stories to make sense of chaos."
John Banville
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"Creativity is the expression of the soul's need to transcend ordinary existence."
John Banville
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"Creativity is the rebellion of the individual against the collective."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"To create is to participate in the divine act of becoming."
Padraig Colum
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"The creative act is the most human of all endeavors."
Padraig Colum
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"To be a writer is to feel called to this work as a sacred obligation."
Saramago
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"Creativity flourishes when we dare to be imperfect."
Luís de Camões
"To God and to the poet nothing is small"
Patrick Kavanagh
"Creativity is intelligence having fun"
Patrick Kavanagh
"Imagination is the beginning of creation"
Patrick Kavanagh