Quotes About Creativity

Patriotism is the last refuge of the sculptor.

We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.

Jazz is democracy in music.

We should use our imagination more than our memory.

I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.

More and more I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it's important that I share the love and peace.

The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

Unnecessary bureaucracy hinders creativity, growth, justice and the attainment of peace.

I think all the poets and artists have always written for peace and love, and it hasn't changed much in the last two or three thousand years. But we hope.

Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind.

There is a creative spirit in you desiring to be free, and you may as well get out of its way for it will give you no peace until you do.

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.

Artists are here to disturb the peace.

We want to generate the electricity of peace through music, and it's a thrill to know that the super-creative, enthusiastic musicians of our world are with us to achieve this goal.

The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again

In art, and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavor. There is no true greatness in art or science without that sense of harmony.

To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows.

All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.

I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace.