Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

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"We are most alive when we are in love."

- John Updike

Love

"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."

- John Updike

Hope

"You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it."

- John Updike

Learning

"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price."

- John Updike

Self-confidence

"What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit."

- John Updike

Healing

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"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