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“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”
“Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.”
“The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.”
“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.”
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”
“I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.”
“Routine kills creative thought.”
“I dream in fire but work in clay.”
“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.”
“look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you...”
“I would say that he has a rather limited and uncreative way of looking at the situation.”
“Creative activity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.”
“Originality is the best form of rebellion.”
“Creativity is a continual surprise.”
“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.”
“Creative power is mightier than its possessor.”
“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.”
“The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.”
“If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!”
“I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.”
