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Pablo PicassoWithout great solitude, no serious work is possible.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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William BlakeI myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe modernistic thirst for originality makes the mediocre artist believe that the secret of originality consists simply in being different.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

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Vincent Van GoghI dream my painting and I paint my dream.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Thomas EdisonTo invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

—  Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor

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E. M. ForsterThe people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see life in terms of power, and such people get more of a chance under a democracy than elsewhere.

—  E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer

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Erica JongCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

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Wallace StevensIt is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Vincent Van GoghIf you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Albert EinsteinCreativity is intelligence having fun.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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T. S. EliotAnxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Joseph CampbellYou can't have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

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Arthur KoestlerThe prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

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Frank ZappaArt is making something out of nothing, and selling it.

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

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Saul BellowYou never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

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Pablo PicassoEvery act of creation is first an act of destruction.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Pablo PicassoI begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Pablo PicassoAh, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Benjamin FranklinOriginality is the art of concealing your sources.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Carl SaganIf you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

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Rainer Maria RilkePerhaps creating something is nothing but an act of profound remembrance.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

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Vincent Van GoghWhoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Vincent Van GoghMaking sketches is like planting seeds to grow pictures.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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HoraceI have made a monument more lasting than bronze.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

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Karl LagerfeldPeople who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Steve JobsIt’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.

—  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman

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Pablo PicassoThe chief enemy of creativity is “good” sense.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Pablo PicassoTo draw you must close your eyes and sing.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Pablo PicassoInspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Pablo PicassoMy hand tells me what I’m thinking.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Somerset MaughamThe artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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Ayn RandA creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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T. S. EliotThe last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Walt DisneyI do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

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Friedrich von SchlegelHow many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

—  Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer

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E. M. ForsterThink before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's.

—  E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer

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Vladimir NabokovThere is no science without fancy and no art without fact.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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John KeatsThat which is creative must create itself.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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Karl LagerfeldClear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Vladimir NabokovCaress the detail, the divine detail.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Karl LagerfeldI'm never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that's the secret to doing things well.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Karl LagerfeldAbsurdity and anti-absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Steve JobsCreativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.

—  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman

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Gertrude SteinOne of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

Gertrude SteinThe creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

Nikos KazantzakisI once saw a bee drowned in honey and then I understood.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Orson WellesI have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

—  Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director

John SteinbeckIdeas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

Jean d’ Alembert The mind that invents is always dissatisfied with its progress, because it sees beyond.

—  Jean d’ Alembert, 1717-1783, French physicist & philosopher

Gustave FlaubertBe regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Rainer Maria RilkeYou must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeAs bees gather honey, so we collect what is sweetest out of all things, and build.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeThe work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

William Hazlitt Rules and models destroy genius and art.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

W.H. AudenA craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

Robert Louis StevensonMankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Erica JongIf sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body – and with it your own voice – and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Franklin P. JonesOriginality is the art of concealing your source.

—  Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist

Jorge Luis BorgesCreativity is suspended between memory and forgetting.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Salvador DaliYou have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

Salvador DaliMistakes are almost always sacred. Never try to correct them.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

Arthur KoestlerLanguage can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Arthur KoestlerThe creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Arthur KoestlerCreativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Henry MillerI demanded a realm in which I should be both master and slave at the same time: The world of art is the only such realm.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Henry MillerAn artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Jules VerneWell, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.

—  Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer

José SaramagoSometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in it, to be balanced on it. If I can produce a great chair, even better. But above all I have to make sure that it has four stable feet.

—  José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998]

Stephen KingThe muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.

—  Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction

Nikola TeslaBe alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

—  Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor

Frank HerbertA man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

—  Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer

Nicolas ChamfortThe man with creative imagination, like a poet, must believe in God.
Ab Jove principium Musis – the muses begin with Zeus.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Alphonse de LamartinHe who can create disdains to destroy.

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

Susan SontagThe life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Cyril ConnollyThere is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

—  Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974, British writer

Bob RossYou can do anything you want. This is your world.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Bob RossLet’s build a happy little cloud. Let’s build some happy little trees.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Bob RossI can’t think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Bob RossMaybe in our world there lives a happy little tree over there.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Funny Quotes

Wilson MiznerTo steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

—  Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright

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Bill Watterson– You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
– What mood is that?
– Last-minute panic.

—  Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist

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