Creativity Quotes

"Creativity is not a talent but a way of seeing the world."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat."

"Like a piece of ice on a hot stove, the poem must ride on its own melting."

"The reason why so much poetry is written is because it is the easiest thing to write."

"The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice."

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

"Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity."

"In the moment of creation, a man is closest to the gods."

"The creative impulse is what makes us human."

"Make it new."

"One cannot make a language or even a poem without mythology."

"One demands the right to invent new forms."

"Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics."

"We become what we contemplate most often in our thoughts."

"We are most alive when we are creating something new."

"The most effective way to reach the public consciousness is through the narrative."

"Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down."

"Poetry comes naturally to some people."

"Creativity flows from courage."

"It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing."

"Genius is in not knowing where to stop."

"The only thing that keeps one writing is that one has not yet said what one wishes to say."

"I have always been ahead of my time. I invented the future."

"I write because I have something to say."

"Creativity is an act of love."

"Creativity flows from authenticity."

"Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity."

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

"A poet's mind is in fact a receptacle for seizing and storing up numberless feelings."

"Make it new."