If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. Pablo Picasso
He who would be a man must therefore be a nonconformist. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
When you can do a common thing in an uncommon way; you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Maya Angelou
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. Jack Kerouac
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. James Baldwin
Great things are not done by impulse, but a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh
If you’re to create something powerful and important, you
must at the very least be driven by an equally powerful inner force.
Ryan Holiday
If it doesn’t sell; it isn’t creative. David Ogilvy
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. Oscar Wilde
In order to create you have to believe in your ability to
do so and that often means excluding whole chunks of normal life, and,
of course, pumping yourself up as much as possible as a way of keeping
on. Sort of cheering for yourself in the great football stadium of life.
T.C. Boyle
Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space
occupied by emptiness: the space reserved for thought and creativity.
Mahershala Ali
The important thing for you is to be alert, to question, to find out, so that your own initiative may be awakened. Bruce Lee
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity,
wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human
spirit. E. E. Cummings
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker
It may be that our cosmic curiosity is a
genetically-encoded force that we illuminate when we look up and wonder.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. Arthur Koestler
If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things. Larry Page
The most talented, thought-provoking, game-changing people are never normal. Richard Branson
The most dangerous idea is silencing people. Naval Ravikant
Of all lies, art is the least untrue. Gustave Flaubert
Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you
to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of
your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you
were forbidden to write. Rainer Maria Rilke
That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time. John Stuart Mill
Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics. Victor Pinchuk
So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work. Austin Kleon
