Quotes About Creativity

We are the instruments more than the author of our work

Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. This happens in any number of ways: beginning work is measured against the masterworks of other artists; beginning work is exposed to premature criticism, shown to overly critical friends.

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. AGNES DE MILLE

Art ... illuminates us. It sheds light on our lingering darkness. It casts a beam into the heart of our own darkness and says, See?

Any success postulated on a permanent artistic plateau dooms us, and it to failure.

I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight. AMOS FERGUSON

Why should we all use our creative power . . . ? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money. BRENDA UELAND

Para vivir una vida creativa debemos perder el miedo a estar equivocados». JOSEPH CHILTON PEARCE

You could do it better if only you would let yourself do it!

Las páginas están concebidas para que nos familiaricemos simplemente con el acto de mover la mano a través del papel y volcar en él todo aquello que te pasa por la cabeza, sea lo que sea. Incluiremos todo, por nimio, tonto, estúpido o raro que pueda parecer.

something, what we mean is that we won't do something unless we can guarantee that we'll do it perfectly. Working artists know the folly of

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. A creative recovery is a healing process. You are capable of great things on Tuesday, but on Wednesday you may slide backwards. This is normal. Growth occurs in spurts. You will lie dormant sometimes. Do not be discouraged. Think of it as resting.

En consecuencia puede que ni siquiera sepan que son artistas.

Todos aquellos enfados, quejas, miserias que vuelcas al papel por las mañanas son precisamente las cosas que se interponen entre tú y tu creatividad

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI

If you work on your creativity, you will grow spiritually. If you work on your spirituality, you will grow creatively. Creativity and spirituality are so close they are intertwined. We call God 'the Creator' without realizing it is another word for 'artist.' The Creator is the consummate artist. As we explore and express our artistry, we are imitating God. Is it any wonder we begin to find spiritual support?

I learned to just show up to the page and write down what I heard. Writing became more like eavesdropping ... I didn't have to be in the mood ... Good, bad? None of my business. I wasn't doing it.

Cuidando de si próprio, você alimenta sua conexão interna com o Grande Criador. Graças a essa conexão, a nossa criatividade desabrochará. Caminhos irão se abrir. Precisamos acreditar no Grande Criador e agir com fé.

Scraping a carrot, peeling an apple—these actions are quite literally food for thought.

When we chop and pare vegetables, we do so with our thoughts as well. Remember, art is an artist-brain pursuit. This brain is reached through rhythm—through rhyme, not reason. Scraping a carrot, peeling an apple—these actions are quite literally food for thought.

Whole plots can be stitched up while we sew. As artists, we can very literally reap what we sew.

What gives us true joy?

themselves as blocked internally, unable to take the risk of moving into new and more satisfying artistic territory.

When we love our writing, we find time for it. The trick to finding writing time, then, is to write from love and not with an eye to product.