Creativity Quotes

"The only weapon we have is the comedy."

- Robin Williams

"The only reason Mickey Mouse has four fingers is that he can’t pick up a check."

- Robin Williams

"Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public."

- Robin Williams

"You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

- Robin Williams

"We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."

- Robin Williams

"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."

- Ayn Rand

"Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make."

- Corita Kent

"I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."

- Jeff Bezos

"It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen."

- Scott Belsky

"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."

- Robert Hughes

"A fire truck with a back end on fire drives really fast in circles."

- Demetri Martin

"Food trucks give creative entrepreneurs the ability to cook with freedom and make what they love, meaning that they can create highly specialized meals without having the high overhead costs of running a restaurant."

- Homaro Cantu

"Every sunrise is a poem written on the Earth with words of light, warmth, and love."

- Debasish Mridha

"At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze."

- Debasish Mridha

"Every sunrise is a poem written on the earth with words of light, warmth, and love."

- Debasish Mridha

"Life is trying things to see if they work."

- Ray Bradbury

"Creativity is contagious. Pass it on."

- Albert Einstein

"The more things you’re interested in, the better your work will be."

- Michael Bierut

"With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination."

- Michael Phelps

"If you’re alive, you’re a creative person."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"Genius is born—not paid."

- Oscar Wilde

"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."

- Neil Gaiman

"If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."

- Vincent van Gogh

"What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world."

- Simon Sinek

"Innovation distinguishes from a leader and a follower."

- Steve Jobs

"Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and again and bring their friend."

- Walt Disney

"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it."

- Anne Lamott

"I think it’s great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal."

"I promise to keep dreaming, exploring, and having adventures, always trying to make the most of life’s gifts."

"Happy birthday to me! Here’s to embracing my quirks and turning my dreams into my reality."