Creativity Quotes

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

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"Authenticity is not something we possess, but something we continuously create."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"Imagination is the faculty through which we grasp possibilities beyond the present."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"Creativity flourishes when we allow ourselves to question and explore."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Creativity requires freedom to experiment and even fail."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"We write in order to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection."
Rich, Adrienne
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"Art is not a product of solitude, but of community and conversation."
Rich, Adrienne
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"Every act of creation is also an act of defiance against those who would silence us."
Rich, Adrienne
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"Human beings are creative agents, not passive recipients of services or aid."
Sen, Amartya
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"The capability to be creative is not reserved for artists - it is fundamental to all human activity."
Sen, Amartya
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"Imagination is the faculty that lets us envision a better world."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Everyone has a choice architect within them."
Thaler, Richard
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"We are much more creative when we're not focused on money."
Ariely, Dan
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"Cultivating our humanity means developing our capacity for wonder and awe."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"We are meaning-making creatures who must construct narrative coherence."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Deliberation requires imagination—the ability to envision how others experience the world."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"Moral imagination allows us to stretch beyond received categories of understanding."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"Repetition with difference is the mode through which new possibilities emerge."
Butler, Judith
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"The question is not how to escape norms, but how to live creatively within and against them."
Butler, Judith
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"Good design respects the limits of human attention and memory."
Thaler, Richard
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"The failure to nurture imagination impoverishes human life."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Imagination is rehearsal for possible lives and possible worlds."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Small changes in how we frame a choice can completely reverse our preferences."
Ariely, Dan
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"Creativity flourishes when we're free from the pressure to be constantly rational."
Ariely, Dan
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"Understanding across difference requires what we might call 'moral imagination'."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"Pattern recognition is both our greatest strength and weakness."
Tversky, Amos
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"Imagination is a political faculty; it allows us to conceive of alternatives."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We must imagine new possibilities before we can create them."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We must continually reimagine ourselves and our communities."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Creativity flourishes when we embrace our limitations rather than fight them."
Ariely, Dan
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"We are more creative when we're slightly anxious and slightly hungry."
Ariely, Dan