Quotes About Creativity

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

There is an image stuck in my mind, but I have no words for it. It gives me no peace. 'Tis a queer backward way of making verse, like going through a door arse first.

But knowledge to their eyes her ample pageRich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll;Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,And froze the genial current of the soul.

Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd,Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity

Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart.

The mathematics are usually considered as being the very antipodes of Poesy. Yet Mathesis and Poesy are of the closest kindred, for they are both works of the imagination.

Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not shackled by the nagging analytical mind, which often serves only to intimidate imaginative thought.

Symmetrical art is a closed form, perfect in itself and frozen in completeness; asymmetrical art invites the observer in, to expand his imagination and to become part of the process of creation.

We have conceived a new idea, Inglish. We will send the ito

If we can make something decentralised, out of control, and of great simplicity, we must be prepared to be astonished at whatever might grow out of that new medium."34

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

Good design is good business.

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

Food should be fun.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.