Creativity Quotes

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

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"I have to have all the seats facing the same direction so I can concentrate on my work."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"I think like a genius, I write like a capable writer, I talk like a child."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"All the intelligence and talent in the world cannot create genius."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"The creative act is an act of rebellion against the mundane."
Nikolai Gogol
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"The soul is healed through creation"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"The mind grows by what it feeds upon, so choose your thoughts carefully."
Maxim Gorky
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"Creativity flourishes when we permit ourselves to be imperfect and vulnerable."
Maxim Gorky
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"Creativity is the bridge between who we are and who we wish to become."
Maxim Gorky
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"Creativity springs from the willingness to be misunderstood."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Creativity flourishes when convention is questioned."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Inspiration is needed in poetry as in geometry."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"To create is to touch the divine."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"To live without creating is to exist without purpose."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"Genius is the ability to see what cannot yet be seen."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"We seek immortality through love and art."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"The creative act is an act of rebellion against silence."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Creativity requires both passion and the discipline to channel it."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Creativity blooms when the mind is freed from the chains of convention."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Talent is hereditary; it may be found in families."
Anton Chekhov
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"I feel more confident and more creative when I'm around young people."
Anton Chekhov
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"Talent is something about which we can do nothing."
Anton Chekhov
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"A creative act is like an act of physical creation."
Anton Chekhov
"To create is to make mistakes."
Samuel Beckett
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"Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Writing is not difficult. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Creativity is the ability to see what others cannot."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"To create is to participate in the divine."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"The creative spirit cannot be confined by walls or rules."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"The artist's greatest strength is the ability to see beyond what others see."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Creativity is the expression of the soul."
Ivan Turgenev