Creativity Quotes

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

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"Creativity is the expression of the soul."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Creativity is rebellion against the ordinary."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired."
Théophile Gautier
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"To create is divine, to reproduce is human."
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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"In every heart there is a spark of divine creativity."
Théophile Gautier
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"The greatest gift is the ability to create."
Théophile Gautier
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"I am convinced that the only way to keep up with the world is to invent a completely new world."
George Sand
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"Madness and genius often share the same throne."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Creativity flows from the marriage of chaos and order."
Gérard de Nerval
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"To create is to defy the silence that surrounds us."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Creativity flows from the depths of honest emotion."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Creativity is courage expressed through imagination."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Genius will live and flourish without training, but it does not the less reward the toil of the zealous husbandman."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Let us cultivate the powers that nature has given us."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Creativity is the rebellion of the soul."
Gérard de Nerval
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"To create is to rebel against the mediocrity of the world."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"What we create outlasts what we accumulate."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Creativity flourishes in the space between discipline and freedom."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Every human being carries within them the spark of creation."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Creativity flourishes when we give ourselves permission to fail."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The cure for boredom is curiosity; there is no cure for curiosity."
Stendhal
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"The artist must create beauty as a bird builds its nest."
George Sand
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"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
George Sand
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"Create constantly, or die trying."
George Sand
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"The poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and cannot compose well if he is not inspired."
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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"To live is to create; to create is to live."
Théophile Gautier
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"Creativity flourishes not in comfort but in the tension between desire and restraint."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Innovation comes not from those who accept the world as it is."
Guy de Maupassant