I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I, which is my life – the power to create.
Creative - Creativity Quotes
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.
The things we fear most in organization – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity.
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
Creativity means simply putting old things together in a fresh way.
The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies at the very heart of any creative use of the mind, no matter in what field or discipline.
And the eternal paradox of it is that if a man is to know the triumphant labor of creation, he must for long periods resign himself to loneliness.
Sometimes there is a thin line between creative tension and erratic behavior. Since human beings are immensely complex and adaptable, no one can be completely predictable.
At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, an image of unutterable conviction, the reason why the artist works and lives and has his being – the reward he seeks – the only reward he really cares about, without which there is nothing. It is to snare the spirits of mankind in nets […]
Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
