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