42 Quotes On Creativity - Part 2
Creativity is everywhere.
Aside from all the great music, art and film it has spawned, creativity has also played a 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.
Once you’re done, don’t forget to read Part 1. 😉
22. “Chaos is the first step in the creative process.”
- Jill Bolte Taylor, author and TED speaker
23. “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.”
- Alex Osborn, co-founder of BBDO
24. “Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain.”
- Jack London, author
25. “Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.”
- Leo Burnett, founder of Leo Burnett
26. “You have to accept the creative process is completely dysfunctional. If you deny that fact, you will ultimately fail.”
- Sir John Hegarty, co-founder of BBH
27. "Fitting in is a short-term strategy; standing out pays off in the long run."
- Seth Godin, author
28. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace. Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”
- Charles Mingus, bassist and composer
29. “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”
- Linus Pauling, chemist and biochemist
30. “You can’t get to wonderful without passing through alright.”
- Bill Withers, musician
31. “Imagination is the beginning of creation.”
- George Bernard Shaw, playwright
32. "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
- Maya Angelou, poet
33. “A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”
- Alan Kay, computer scientist
34. “Creativity is always a collaboration, the result of a mind connected to other minds.”
- Austin Kleon, author
35. “Instead of a straight-line development from idea to fruition, the creative process is more like the crooked branching of a tree.”
- Robert Greene, author
36. “Creativity is just connecting things.”
- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple
37. “I think curiosity is the flint from which flies the spark of inspiration.”
- Brian Grazer, film producer
38. “Some of the biggest bursts of creativity I’ve had are usually preceded by a big creative block.”
- Ashley Goldberg, author
39. ‘The creative adult is the child who has survived.’
- Ursula K. Le Guin, author
40. “Creativity is extremely difficult to define but incredibly easy to identify.”
- David Lubars, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Worldwide
41. “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
- Albert Einstein, Theoretical physicist
42. “Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
- Voltaire, French writer
