Today’s post is a simple one; a collection of creativity quotes. Enjoy!

During those rare moments of creativeness, when an ordinary person has something in common with the making of the universe, he feels a sense of transcendence, of moving beyond his daily life. What could be a greater reward? – Joseph Zinker

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative Painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. – Henri Matisse

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

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. – Nietzsche

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.
- Dr. Seuss

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. – Herman Melville

If you would be more creative stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society. – Jean Piaget

Non-creative behavior is learned. – George Land

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

A thousand people will have the same idea today, each under the illusion that he or she is unique in their thought. One might do something with it. – Steve Gillman

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few. – Shunryu Suzuki

Shooting down the ideas others have may make one feel important, but it is the opposite of creativity and productivity. – Steve Gillman

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