Quotes About Inspiration

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.

Grab for time to write instead of wait for time.

Mulling on the page is an artless art form. It is fooling around. It is doodling. It is the way that ideas slowly take shape and form until they are ready to help us see the light. All too often, we try to push, pull, outline, and control our ideas instead of letting them grow organically. The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

Creativity lives in paradox: serious art is born from serious play.

Your own healing is the greatest message of hope for others.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

La creatividad florece cuando tenemos una sensación de seguridad y de autoaceptación.

Great Creator, I will take care of the quantity. You take care of the quality.

To be truly human, we all have the right to make art. We all have the right to write.

Looking at God's creation, it is pretty clear that the creator itself did not know when to stop. There is not one pink flower, or even fifty pink flowers, but hundreds. Snowflakes, of course, are the ultimate exercise in sheer creative glee. No two alike. This creator looks suspiciously like someone who just might send us support for our creative ventures.

By its very nature, discipline is rooted in self-admiration. (Think of discipline as a battery, useful but short-lived.) We admire ourselves for being so wonderful. The discipline itself, not the creative outflow, becomes the point.

The first trick, the one I am practicing now, is to just start where you are. It's a luxury to be in the mood to write. It's a blessing but it's not a necessity. Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

Boredom is just "What's the use?" in disguise. And "What's the use?" is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page. Put anything on the page. Put three pages of it on the page. THE ARTIST DATE The other basic tool of The Artist's Way may strike you as a nontool, a diversion.

Pages tutor us in courage.

You do not take anyone on this artist date but you and your inner artist, a.k.a. your creative child. That means no lovers, friends, spouses, children—no taggers-on of any stripe.

The trick to finding writing time, then, is to write from love and not with an eye to product. Don't try to write something perfect; just write. Don't try to write the whole megillah; just start the whole megillah.

Do not fear mistakes," Miles Davis told us. "There are none.

I believe that what we want to write wants to be written. I believe that as I have an impulse to create, the something I want to create has an impulse to want to be born. My job, then, is to show up on the page and let that something move

1. I am a channel for God's creativity, and my work comes to good. 2. My dreams come from God and God has the power to accomplish them. [...] 4. Creativity is the Creator's will for me. 5. My creativity heals myself and others. [...] 8. Through the use of my creativity, I serve God. [...] 14. As I listen to my creativity I am led to my Creator. [...] 17. I am willing to let God creative through me. 18. I am willing to be of service through my creativity.

We procrastinate because we think we must write our entire project. But to break procrastination, we need only write our first thought. Our second, third, and fourth thoughts follow. Soon we are writing, and procrastination is a thing of our past.

Para ser realmente inmortal, una obra de arte debe escapar de todos los límites humanos: la lógica y el sentido común sólo interfieren. Pero una vez se han roto estas barreras, entrará en los reinos de las visiones y de los sueños de la infancia». GIORGIO DE CHIRICO

I am willing to be of service through my creativity.

Your jealousy map will have three columns. In the first column, name those whom you are jealous of. Next to each name write why. Be as specific and accurate as you can. In the third column, list one action you can take to move toward creative risk and out of jealousy.