Creative - Creativity Quotes

Creation is a drug I can’t do without.

Often, when faced with this horrible thing called “writer’s block” I go to my bookcase. The presence of greatness stimulates creativity. I read the opening sentences of Steinbeck’s “The Pearl,” Catherine Marshall’s “A Man Called Peter” or Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” I then imitate until my pump is primed. Imitation is at least […]

Here were the artifacts of creativity. But they were strangely lacking in some invisible element he could not put a mental finger on. Then, it came to him. Where were the souls that had created these things? It was strange. You could follow the creation of a piece of art or discovery down through the […]

The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions are the germs of its production.

Ideas are the root of creation.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Creativity is the ability to see relationship where none exist.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

The creative person needs to be able to control his imagination and needs complete access to it. If all senses are not represented (not only sight, but also sound, smell, taste, and touch) his imagination cannot serve him as well as it otherwise could. All senses need representation not only because problems involving all senses […]