Creativity Inspiring Quotes

Words of Wisdom by SARK, Eckhart Tolle, Edward de Bono, Vincent Van Gogh & Others

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun." — Mary Lou Cook

"Do not be discouraged by what you do not know — but be encouraged by what you can learn." — Unknown

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced." — Vincent Van Gogh

"Invent your world; surround yourself with people, color, sounds and work that nourish you." — SARK, Living Juicy

"Whenever an answer, a solution, or a creative idea is needed, stop thinking for a moment by focusing attention on your inner energy field. … When you resume thinking, it will be fresh and creative." — Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." — Joseph Chilton Pearce

"Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual." — Arthur Koestler

"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive." — John Cassavetes

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception." — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns." — Edward de Bono

"Music is the art of thinking with sounds." — Jules Combarie

"Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created." — Jacob Bronowski

"Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learnt. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and where appropriate profits." — Edward de Bono

"In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked fish pond... If we don't give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked... As artists, we must learn to be self nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them — to restock the trout pond, so to speak." — Julia Cameron