Creativity Quotes

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

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"Creativity emerges from the recombination of inherited elements in novel configurations."
Strawson, Peter Frederick
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"The greatest tragedy is the tragedy of ideas left unexpressed."
Moore, George Edward
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"To create is to live; to stagnate is to decay."
Moore, George Edward
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"Creativity flourishes when we embrace our imperfections."
Moore, George Edward
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"Creativity is the courage to express what others only think."
Moore, George Edward
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"Imagination is not a faculty of the poet alone, but an essential faculty of man."
Buber, Martin
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"Ordinary language is not the last word; it can be supplemented and improved."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"The form of the proposition is not the only form of proposition."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Genius perceives the order of nature before others recognize it."
Weil, Simone
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"The moment of creation is always a moment of grace."
Weil, Simone
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"Creativity blooms when we grant ourselves permission to fail spectacularly."
Moore, George Edward
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"Creation is not finished; we participate in its ongoing work."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Creativity is the human capacity to bring new being into existence."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution."
Russell, Bertrand
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"Action is the only human faculty that does not require things or material, and it is the same with natality, with man's ability to begin something new."
Arendt, Hannah
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"The capacity to begin something new is what makes us human and keeps us from being merely animal."
Arendt, Hannah
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"To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot be heard."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"Creativity demands the courage to fail meaningfully."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"To create is to acknowledge what cannot be created."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"Creativity emerges from the intersection of form and formlessness."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"Creativity flows from the I-Thou relation."
Buber, Martin
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"Inspiration strikes only when we have prepared the ground through discipline."
Weil, Simone
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"Creativity flourishes only where there is genuine freedom from coercion."
Weil, Simone
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun with the boundaries of possibility."
Moore, George Edward
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"Creativity flourishes when we release the fear of failure and judgment."
Moore, George Edward
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"The creativity of God continues in every moment as the world renews itself."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Creativity flows when we align ourselves with the creative force of existence itself."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Language begins where communication ends."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"Creativity springs from the encounter with impossibility."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"Creativity obeys laws that creativity itself cannot formulate."
Blanchot, Maurice