Quotes about Creativity

To create something truly great, you have to be willing to take risks and push boundaries.

The best ideas come from passion.

You have to learn to pace yourself and not burn out. You need to find a way to balance your life and your work.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

Save your thefts for later.

I’m not going to waste any time trying to prove to anybody that I’m not a charlatan.

The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.

Be a student for life.

You have to make room for your creativity to flourish.

Your work is a reflection of yourself.

Originality is really important.

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Find the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Don’t be afraid to be seen trying.

Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

You don’t need to be rich or famous to be important.

You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.

The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.

Don’t just take a picture of something; take a picture of how something makes you feel.

I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.

It’s okay to be uncertain. Creativity is about embracing uncertainty.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

The best way to get unstuck is to stop thinking so much and just do something.

The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. I’m not really good at anything, but I know what I like.

When you’re ready to give up, remind yourself why you started.

The purpose of life is to find your gift. The meaning of life is to give it away.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

The beautiful thing about being a creative person is that you can create a world in which you can operate.

The highest form of art is to shape the human spirit.

We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find yourself.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Write what you know and your voice will always sound authentic.

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

As a filmmaker, deep dives are something that you must do to understand the place you're trying to get to on the surface.

Don’t take breaks from distraction. Instead, take breaks from focus.

Don’t be a genius, be a sponge.

I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.

Validation is for parking.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

A lot of artists have been influenced by one another, and everyone is touching each other in a way.