Creativity Quotes

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

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"The spirit is the imagination."
Wallace Stevens
"The blue guitar claps its true form."
Wallace Stevens
"The greatest work is done in the silence of the mind."
Wallace Stevens
"The artist gives shape to the invisible."
Wallace Stevens
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"Creativity is the expression of our deepest selves."
Kate Chopin
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"Creativity flourishes when we let go of judgment."
Kate Chopin
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"The act of creation is the most sacred of human endeavors."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"To create is to declare that the world is incomplete without your contribution."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"I find I am not happy unless I am making verses."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"I want to paint the whole world pink and feed it sugarcakes."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Write from your heart, not from formula."
Fannie Hurst
"Creativity cannot be taught, only nurtured."
Fannie Hurst
"Creativity flows when we surrender to authenticity."
Fannie Hurst
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"A person without imagination is like a bird without wings."
Amy Lowell
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"Creativity flourishes when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable."
Amy Lowell
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"To create is to participate in the act of becoming."
Amy Lowell
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"Creativity requires courage to express the unconventional."
Amy Lowell
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"The mind is a garden that grows what you plant there."
O. Henry
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"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
Jack London
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"Creation is following your bliss."
Jack London
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"The only true power is the power to create."
Jack London
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"Creativity is the act of bringing one's authentic self into the world."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The power of thought is real; it shapes what we do and what we become."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"We cannot all be heroes, but we can all be authors of our own small stories."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"I burn with passion like a star burning itself to nothing."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"To be an artist is to live a certain kind of authentic existence."
Kate Chopin
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"Creativity is the expression of the soul's deepest truths."
Kate Chopin
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"Creativity is rebellion against the tyranny of conformity."
Kate Chopin
"Hunger is the handmaiden of genius."
Fannie Hurst
"Genius is childhood recaptured."
Fannie Hurst