Creativity Quotes

"Great creativity begins with tolerance."

- Yo-Yo Ma

"Why be normal? What’s the point?"

- Richard Saunders

"If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge."

- Twyla Tharp

"A wild person with calm mind can make anything."

- Eric Maisel

"When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace."

- Daniel Barenboim

"I want to be part of the people that make meaning, not the thing that’s made. I want to be the one imagining, not the idea itself."

- Barbie

"I want to be a part of the people that make meaning, not the thing that is made."

- Barbie

"I don’t enjoy irony or sarcasm. However, I like when someone tells you a joke but then it turns out to be serious."

- Jens Lekman

"I’m not good at giving advice… Can you make a sarcastic comment?"

- Chandler Bing, 'Friends'

"This music will not do. It lacks sarcasm."

- Samuel Goldwyn

"Sarcasm is the last refuge for the imaginatively broke."

- Cassandra Clare

"He has van Gogh’s ear for music."

- Billy Wilder

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

- Leo Burnett

"Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules … You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things … They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius …"

- Steve Jobs

"The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears."

- Dan Stevens

"I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live."

- Kathryn Bigelow

"Today, let Tuesday be the canvas on which you paint your brightest dreams."

"Good morning! Tuesday is a canvas painted with the hues of possibility. Embrace the beauty in every moment and let your day unfold like a masterpiece."

"Zombies eat brains. You’re safe."

"I love sarcasm. It’s like punching people in the face but with words."

"I clapped because it’s finished, not because I like it."

"Right before I die I'm going to swallow a bag of popcorn kernels to make the cremation a bit more interesting."

"Sometimes I wish I was an octopus so I could slap eight people at once."

"Fun fact: Alcohol increases the size of the 'send' button by 89%."

"Autocorrect still thinks I want to say 'duck' 12 times a day."

"I always carry a knife in my purse. You know, in case of a cheesecake or something."

"I love deadlines, I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"The earth without art is just eh."

"Let the singer select the song."

"Every Hawaiian sunset is a unique work of art, a masterpiece that will never be replicated."