Creativity Quotes

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

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"A man who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Innovation springs from the curious mind."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Creativity is the expression of the soul."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Borrowed wit is not worth much."
Jonathan Swift
"Every woman contains multitudes that the world is not ready to acknowledge."
Eliza Haywood
"Creativity blooms when we abandon the fear of judgment."
Aphra Behn
"Creative minds cannot be confined by conventional thinking."
Aphra Behn
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for imagination embraces the entire world."
Samuel Johnson
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"Nature is the same in all countries, but art and learning are the possessions of man."
Samuel Johnson
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"I busied myself to think of a story which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"The night is the domain of imagination and reflection."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"I am not a visionary of visions but of imagination only."
William Blake
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"What is now proved was once only imagin'd."
William Blake
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"To create a little flower is the labour of ages."
William Blake
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"The cistern contains; the fountain overflows."
William Blake
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."
Christina Rossetti
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"Imagination is the beginning of creation; without it, nothing is possible."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Creativity is the highest expression of human consciousness and freedom."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The pen requires no permission, only courage and ink."
Aphra Behn
"Creativity knows no gender, only expression."
Aphra Behn
"To write is to claim one's place in the world."
Eliza Haywood
"To create is to declare one's existence to the world."
Eliza Haywood
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"Borrowed wit is the most insipid of all things."
Jonathan Swift
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"Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking."
Jonathan Swift
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"Imagination is more important than all the facts we can gather."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"The mind can imagine what the world has never seen."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Every act of creation is an act of rebellion."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Creativity flourishes when the mind is unshackled."
Eliza Haywood
"Creativity flourishes where fear is absent."
Christina Rossetti
"Creativity is the act of bringing possible worlds into being."
Christina Rossetti