It might have been the lighthouse spark / Some sailor, rowing in the dark, / Had importuned to see!

More quotes by Emily Dickinson

View all
"I dwell in possibility."

- Emily Dickinson

Imagination

"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and look at it, until it shines."

- Emily Dickinson

Creativity

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."

- Emily Dickinson

Compassion

"Forever is composed of nows."

- Emily Dickinson

Time Management

"I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer, and every thorn, a rose."

- Emily Dickinson

Inspiration

More Creativity Quotes

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

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity