42 Quotes On Creativity - Part 1
Learning how to be more creative is something everyone can do.
You might not feel that way, but that’s because the school system does an excellent job of driving it out of you.
All children start out as creative, but less than half identify themselves as creative when they grow up.
This is a shame not only because being creative is fun but also because it creates enormous value in the world.
And it’s not just all the great music, art and film it has spawned.
Creativity has played a leading role in scientific discovery, advances in medicine and the invention of modern technologies that have transformed our lives.
It’s arguably the most valuable skill you can develop because you can apply it to any aspect of life.
We hope the following quotes inspire you to pick up a pen, a paintbrush or any other suitable tool and reawaken the creative child inside you.
1. “Creativity is like washing a pig. It’s messy. It has no rules. No clear beginning, middle or end. It’s kind of a pain in the ass, and when you’re done, you’re not sure if the pig is really clean or even why you were washing a pig in the first place.”
– Luke Sullivan
2. “Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”
- Howard Aiken
3. "The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. To know about: ancient history, 19th century maths, current manufacturing, flower arranging, hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea."
- Carl Ally, American advertising executive
4. “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”
- John Steinbeck, American author
5. “Creativity is the last unfair advantage we're legally allowed to take over our competitors"
- Bill Bernbach, co-founder of DDB
6. "The best art divides the audience."
- Rick Rubin, music producer
7. “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”
- Oscar Wilde, author
8. “There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.”
- Mark Twain, author
9. “Creativity is a continual surprise.”
- Ray Bradbury, author
10. “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”
- John Cage, American composer and music theorist
11. “An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”
- Edwin Land, inventor of the Polaroid camera
12. “Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
- Julia Child, American chef and author
13. “Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them."
- Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher
14. “Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.”
- Austin Kleon, bestselling author of five books on creativity
15. "Creativity involves breaking out of expected patterns in order to look at things in a different way."
- Edward de Bono, father of lateral thinking
16. “Toys and games are the preludes to serious ideas.”
- Charles Eames, designer
17. “Creativity is as important as literacy”
- Sir Ken Robinson, author
18. “Highly creative people are good at seeing connections. By enhancing your ability to see connections, you can enhance your creativity.”
- Dorte Nielsen, creativity expert, author, keynote speaker
19. "Creativity is simply the sum total of your mental resources, the catalog of ideas you’ve accumulated over the years by being alive and alert and attentive to the outside world."
- Maria Popova, essayist, book author, poet, and writer
20. “The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”
- Julia Cameron, author
21. “Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.”
- George Lois, American art director and designer
