Quotes About Creativity

Writing, and creativity in general, had been the domain of "great men" and would stay there until women stormed the arena, using words as their weapons.4

Who knows what the world would be like if we all kept our interests, talents, goals, and dreams alive.

Carly went back and forth between several of the paintings, trying to decide which one was least likely to frighten small children. "You know, your work is very Ã¢â'¬Â¦ unique, Hazel. I can honestly say I've never seen anything quite like it.

Art is the essence of beauty. The artist, a mute that practiced crying until he managed to shout free of dissonance.

As truth reality contains a large amount of imagination; in some cases, of lack of imagination.

We are the wings of our thoughts.

Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

How did Mr. Tesla get inside the Imagination Station?

Ecstasy affordsthe occasion and expediency determines the form.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Nor till the poets among us can be"literalists ofthe imagination"—aboveinsolence and triviality and can presentfor inspection, "imaginary gardens with realtoads in them," shall we have it.

Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.

Därer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.

When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand.

Durer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this

Todas las artes han producido maravillas. El arte de gobernar sólo ha producido monstruos

La ley del gusto termina en la mediocridad, en una vida que dejó pasar las oportunidades de llenar este mundo de belleza, de verdad y de amor[6].

Life is better when we imagine it

If you wish, gentle reader, you may augment your mental tableau with dramatic orchestral accompaniment.

One benefit of being an old woman now, and moreover one who has been called a "national treasure," is that there are very few who can tell me what I may and may not write.