Quotes on Creative Thought

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

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.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

As long as you're just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you're gonna be alright. But if you go beyond that then you're gonna have these grave doubts that give you stomach problems, headachesmake you want to go out and do something else. So, I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming out.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.