Creativity Quotes

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

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"Creativity is the act of bringing something from nothing, if only in imagination."
Paul Verlaine
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"The imagination is more powerful than all empires."
Gérard de Nerval
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"To create is to participate in the divine act of existence."
Gérard de Nerval
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"To truly create, one must be willing to destroy."
Gérard de Nerval
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"We are all works of art in progress."
Gérard de Nerval
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"The real alchemists transform the world through their vision."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"All genuine creation demands a sacrifice of the self."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"One must still have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star."
Paul Verlaine
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"Creativity is the expression of the soul."
Paul Verlaine
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"Creativity blooms in the soil of solitude and reflection."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Creativity requires the willingness to fail repeatedly."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"To create is to live; to live without creating is merely to exist."
Théophile Gautier
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"One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star."
Théophile Gautier
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"The measure of a person is not what they possess, but what they create."
Théophile Gautier
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"To live is to create; to create is to live."
Théophile Gautier
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"Passion is the genesis of genius."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"In the garden of life, passion is the rarest flower."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Creativity is the essence of existence."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The greatest act of creation is the creation of oneself"
Guy de Maupassant
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"Creativity is the act of connecting what already exists in new ways"
Guy de Maupassant
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"Write! Writing is for you, not for them."
George Sand
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"Talent is a long patience."
George Sand
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"Be brave enough to live creatively."
George Sand
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"To create is to heal the fracture between worlds."
Gérard de Nerval
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"To create is to defy the entropy of existence."
Gérard de Nerval
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"The soul of man is made visible through the work of his hands."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The creative act is the most human of all expressions."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"To create is to participate in the ongoing work of the universe."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."
Stendhal