Creativity Quotes

"There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it" "It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for him" "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn" "I would rather be stricken blind than to live without expression of mind" "Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies" "This is a perfect example of why it is so difficult to be a singer and not a poet." "The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing" "The creative mind plays with the objects it loves" "The most dangerous stories we make up are the narratives that diminish our inherent worthiness. We must reclaim the truth about our lovability, divinity, and creativity." "The essence of creativity is a willingness to play the fool." "As artists and professionals, it is our obligation to enact our own internal revolution, a private insurrection inside our own skulls." "The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies." "You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born." "The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world and he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true" "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn" "Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm" "Everything one invents is true you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry" "Of all lies art is the least untrue" "Writing is a dog’s life but the only life worth living" "Thank you for the tragedy I need it for my art"