Quotes About Creativity

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.

The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography.

Los mejores escritores tienen una única obra, que las escriben en veinticinco libros o lo que vos quieras, pero, es una sola obra.

Lo que ocurre es que la gente no tolera el humor, lo nuevo y lo grande. Es preciso estar dotado de grandeza para no meter al artista creador dentro de la gran bolsa de los ruidos.

In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.

I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far less interesting than the adventures and dialogues I read in my books.

When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. But I don't sit back waiting for it. I work every day.

L'art rallume toujours les lumières du paradis perdu

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

As long as you read this poem I will be writing it.

Eu quisera concluir que as mais belas página de Jung, ou também as páginas mais belas de cada pessoa que consegue exprimir a própria criatividade, decorrem sempre de uma experiência de sedução, que coincida com a tomada de consciência do próprio mundo interior. Um doloroso caminho que nos impele à loucura, mas ninguém teria dúvida em escolher, entre a inocência e a possibilidade de ser encantado por outro.

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how.

To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subltly and feel nobly.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them.