Creativity is the use of imagination and ideas. It's to create something new and valuable, especially in producing artistic work. It's also a skill you can learn. And with practice, anyone could get better. Being creative will help boost your self-confidence. May these quotes about creativity give you insights to bring out your creative self that will take your ideas to the next level.
1. “Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.” – Brenda Ueland
2. “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.” – Pablo Picasso
3. “If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.” – Ken Robinson
4. “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso
5. “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde
6. “To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” – Osho
7. “I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” – Albert Einstein
8. “Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.” – Henry David Thoreau
9. “The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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10. “You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
11. “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” – Henry Thomas Buckle
12. “Doors are for people with no imagination.” – Derek Landy
13. “The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” – Pablo Picasso
14. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” – Brene Brown
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15. “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
16. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
17. “There is creative reading as well as creative writing.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. “I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.” – Thomas Keller
19. “Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” – Stella Adler
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20. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein
21. “The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible.” – William S. Burroughs
22. “There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” – Sophia Loren
23. “People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live twenty four hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.” – Karl Lagerfeld
24. “It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.” – Albert Einstein
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25. “Creativity arises from our ability to see things from many different angles.” – Keri Smith
26. “The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.” – Ernest Becker
27. “Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use–do the work you want to see done.” – Austin Kleon
28. “You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.” – Andy Warhol
29. “I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.” – Marcel Duchamp
30. “The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.” – Edith Södergran
More Inspiring Creativity Quotes
31. “It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.” – Chuck Palahniuk
32. “True alchemy lies in this formula: Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse.” – Arthur Rimbaud
33. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce
34. “Creativity is as important as literacy.” – Ken Robinson
35. “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” – George Bernard Shaw
36. “Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.” – Red Haircrow
37. “Create with the heart; build with the mind.” – Criss Jami
38. “That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.” – Ray Bradbury
39. “What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.” – Deepak Chopra
40. “If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.” – Austin Kleon
41. “All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
42. “I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.” – Jim Butcher
43. “The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri
44. “Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.” – Karl Lagerfeld
45. “The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.” – Arthur Koestler
46. “When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.” – RuPaul
47. “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” – Kurt Vonnegut
48. “To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.” – Akira Kurosawa
49. “Creative power is mightier than its possessor.” – C.G. Jung
50. “In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” – Rollo May
51. “We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” – Marshall McLuhan
52. “Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” – Rita Mae Brown
53. “A good traveler is one who knows how to travel with the mind.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
54. “As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
55. “When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.” – Justina Chen Headley
56. “Dive again and again into the river of uncertainty. Create in the dark, only then can you recognize the light.” – Jyrki Vainonen
57. “My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” – Miles Davis
58. “Creativity is a continual surprise.” – Ray Bradbury
59. “The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.” – Heraclitus
60. “Life in itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create meaning.” – Osho
61. “I think that perhaps if I had had to slow down the ideas so that I could capture them on paper I might have stifled some of them.” – J.K. Rowling
62. “Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.” – Ernest Barbaric
63. “Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
64. “Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers.” – Ester Buchholz
65. “True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
66. “You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.” – Lynda Barry
67. “Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” – Bill Moyers
68. “If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.” – Twyla Tharp
69. “Belief in your creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.” – Tom and David Kelley
70. “Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.” – Henri Matisse
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2. “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.” – Pablo Picasso
3. “If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.” – Ken Robinson
4. “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso
5. “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde
6. “To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” – Osho
7. “I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” – Albert Einstein
8. “Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.” – Henry David Thoreau
9. “The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.” – Leonardo da Vinci
11. “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” – Henry Thomas Buckle
12. “Doors are for people with no imagination.” – Derek Landy
13. “The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” – Pablo Picasso
14. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” – Brene Brown
16. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
17. “There is creative reading as well as creative writing.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. “I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.” – Thomas Keller
19. “Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” – Stella Adler
21. “The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible.” – William S. Burroughs
22. “There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” – Sophia Loren
23. “People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live twenty four hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.” – Karl Lagerfeld
24. “It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.” – Albert Einstein
26. “The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.” – Ernest Becker
27. “Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use–do the work you want to see done.” – Austin Kleon
28. “You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.” – Andy Warhol
29. “I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.” – Marcel Duchamp
30. “The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.” – Edith Södergran
More Inspiring Creativity Quotes
31. “It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.” – Chuck Palahniuk
32. “True alchemy lies in this formula: Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse.” – Arthur Rimbaud
33. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce
34. “Creativity is as important as literacy.” – Ken Robinson
35. “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” – George Bernard Shaw
36. “Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.” – Red Haircrow
37. “Create with the heart; build with the mind.” – Criss Jami
38. “That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.” – Ray Bradbury
39. “What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.” – Deepak Chopra
40. “If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.” – Austin Kleon
41. “All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
42. “I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.” – Jim Butcher
43. “The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri
44. “Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.” – Karl Lagerfeld
45. “The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.” – Arthur Koestler
46. “When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.” – RuPaul
47. “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” – Kurt Vonnegut
48. “To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.” – Akira Kurosawa
49. “Creative power is mightier than its possessor.” – C.G. Jung
50. “In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” – Rollo May
51. “We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” – Marshall McLuhan
52. “Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” – Rita Mae Brown
53. “A good traveler is one who knows how to travel with the mind.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
54. “As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
55. “When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.” – Justina Chen Headley
56. “Dive again and again into the river of uncertainty. Create in the dark, only then can you recognize the light.” – Jyrki Vainonen
57. “My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” – Miles Davis
58. “Creativity is a continual surprise.” – Ray Bradbury
59. “The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.” – Heraclitus
60. “Life in itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create meaning.” – Osho
61. “I think that perhaps if I had had to slow down the ideas so that I could capture them on paper I might have stifled some of them.” – J.K. Rowling
62. “Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.” – Ernest Barbaric
63. “Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
64. “Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers.” – Ester Buchholz
65. “True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
66. “You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.” – Lynda Barry
67. “Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” – Bill Moyers
68. “If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.” – Twyla Tharp
69. “Belief in your creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.” – Tom and David Kelley
70. “Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.” – Henri Matisse
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