Creativity Quotes

"I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it."

- Daniel Boulud

"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."

- Rodney Dangerfield

"If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

- Elon Musk

"There’s a way to do it better. Find it."

- Thomas Edison

"A writer is a world trapped in a person."

- Victor Hugo

"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative."

- Elmore Leonard

"The great artist is the simplifier."

- Vincent van Gogh

"Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back."

- Eugene O'Neill

""Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.""

- Jodi Picoult

"Don’t be afraid to get creative and experiment with your marketing."

- Mike Volpe

"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art."

- Andy Warhol

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free"

- Michelangelo

"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."

- Pablo Picasso

"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations."

- Orson Welles

"If museums and galleries could only show what everyone liked, they would be empty."

- Eric Gibbons

"The measure of the artist is to have the eye to see the spirit underlying the particulars, and the skill to capture both in paint."

- Marney Ward

"I do not seek. I find. (Je ne cherche pas; je trouve)"

- Pablo Picasso

"We all know that Art is not the truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand."

- Pablo Picasso

"Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"Bad artists always admire each other’s work."

- Oscar Wilde

"If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint."

- Edward Hopper

"A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image."

- Elaine de Kooning

"A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy."

- Edgar Degas

"I love to look at art, I love to look at paintings, and I almost feel like the experience isn’t complete until I’ve made something of my own."

- Cecily Brown

"Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple."

- Johan Cruyff

""You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.""

- Maya Angelou

"I release feelings inside me through my songs. I take some of the sadness, some of the heartache, and turn it out. I’m able to stave off the severity. By expressing myself in music, I can soften the blow. But those melodies and rhythms can only do so much."

- Ray Charles

"Happy Sunday! May the quiet moments of this day inspire you, and may the tranquility propel you towards a week of creativity and success."

""Erect no artificial walls that might limit potential, stifle creativity, or shackle innovation.""

- Unknown

"The beautiful game, played beautifully."