Creativity Quotes

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

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"Creative power emerges from the synthesis of diverse knowledge."
Comte, Auguste
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"Creativity flourishes in minds that have mastered existing knowledge."
Comte, Auguste
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"All good things which exist are the fruits of originality."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom."
Mill, John Stuart
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"All the good things which exist are the fruits of originality."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Creativity flourishes when we are free from the chains of convention."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Creativity is the spark of divinity within the human soul."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"In every genius there is a new consciousness awake."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and therefore cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making."
James, William
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"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what no one has yet thought."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Imagination without scientific foundation leads to error; science without imagination lacks purpose."
Comte, Auguste
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"The greatest intellectual achievement is synthesizing knowledge into a coherent system."
Comte, Auguste
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"Diversity is essential to the full development of human potential."
Mill, John Stuart
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"The demand for mental diversity is as great as the demand for products."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Originality is not reviled but discouraged because it challenges established ways of thinking."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Creativity emerges from the tension between tradition and innovation."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Creativity is the bridge between the possible and the actual."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Creativity is the divine spark within humanity."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"A thought comes when the thing wishes it, and not when I wish it."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"A man of genius is unbearable, unless he is also a man of charm."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"Every human being is an artist; one must make something out of existence."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Man can create nothing without passion."
Marx, Karl
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"Genius is the ability to act in accordance with the laws of beauty."
Kant, Immanuel
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"The power of imagination is the source of all human progress."
Kant, Immanuel