Creativity Quotes

"Every great work of art is an act of rebellion against mediocrity."

"The barrier between genius and madness is paper-thin."

"I use the word hunger in its broadest sense—hunger for experience, for knowledge, for art."

"The subject has always been alien to me."

"A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"Only God can make a tree, but only man can create beauty from the materials God provides."

"Creativity is the rebellion of the human spirit."

"You write with enthusiasm, and that's commendable, but remember always to know when to stop."

"Talent is not some mysterious mark of favor bestowed by the gods."

"Simplicity is what comes at the end of long labor."

"Do you know what's wonderful? To say new things, is that not wonderful?"

"With me everything goes by intuition; only afterwards can I explain my reasons."

"Out of the quarrel with ourselves we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with others we make poetry."

"Whatever flames upon the night man's own resinous heart has fed."

"Creativity is the pathway to power."

"To be an artist one must be strong enough to doubt oneself."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"I have nothing to declare except my genius."

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

"I can explain everything except my own poetry."

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

"The soul without imagination is a dead thing."

"Every person has a talent, and that talent should never be ignored."

"Creativity flourishes in those who dare to be different."

"A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

"Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can."

"To create is to risk failure; to fail is to have truly lived."

"Every creation requires a destruction of the past."

"The fundamental principle of human nature is to work, to create."