Creativity Quotes
Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.
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"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."Maya Angelou
"Creativity is the essence of human nature."Carl Sandburg
"Creativity is the birthright of all."Carl Sandburg
"Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room."Toni Cade Bambara
"Creativity thrives in community."Toni Cade Bambara
"Creativity requires vulnerability."Toni Cade Bambara
"A man must be dressed in a way that strikes right."Robert Frost
"A creative mind is never at rest."Robert Frost
"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."Toni Morrison
"Write your own story."Toni Morrison
"I am a writer."Toni Morrison
"Art is the expression of the soul's most honest conversations with itself and the world."Alice Walker
"Writing was the only thing that could alleviate my distress."Richard Wright
"I write because the world confuses me."Richard Wright
"Creativity is the highest expression of human freedom."Richard Wright
"The mind that believes a thing to be true is by that belief enabled to become creative regarding matters in which it has such a belief; for all acts are firstborn as a thought."Ralph Ellison
"Culture is the most powerful force in the world."Ralph Ellison
"We must learn to see with fresh eyes, as if for the first time."Toni Cade Bambara
"Creativity springs from the friction between what is and what could be."Richard Wright
"You cannot use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."Maya Angelou
"The creativity within you is your greatest asset."Maya Angelou
"My creativity is boundless when I am free from fear."Maya Angelou
"To write is to engage in an act of rebellion against forgetting."Ralph Ellison
"I saw the figures of the workers as a parade of the masses, and I felt I must create art from that feeling."Langston Hughes
"I sing because I must sing."Langston Hughes
"Writing has been my salvation and my greatest challenge."Alice Walker
"Be your own language."Toni Morrison
"Writing is the exercise of freedom in the service of beauty."Toni Morrison
"To write is to risk exposure, and exposure is the beginning of intimacy."Toni Morrison
"We all carry stories inside us that need to be told."Toni Morrison