Creativity Quotes

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties" "The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers" "Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting." "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe" "Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work" "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." "The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done" "Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do" "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." "People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together." "I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create" "When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts" "There is no law that says writers have to be miserable" "Constraint breeds creativity" "I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that " "To be successful, you need to be an independent thinker" "Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door" "The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity"