Creativity lives inside all of us. Sometimes we don’t realize that we have access to a creative force that would surprise us. We have paired some inspiring pictures with famous quotes on creativity. Let these inspire you to find the creative genius within.
“Creativity is just connecting things.” – Steve Jobs
“Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.” Demi Lovato
“There is a fountain of youth: it is…the creativity you bring to your life.” Sophia Loren
“Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse
“When you’re heartbroken, you’re at your most creative–you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it.” Florence Welch
“Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.” Madeleine L’engle
“Creativity can release you from the limitations that the world has constructed around you; the everyday, mundane, 9-5 jail cell where everybody is waiting for the weekend to party so they can get outside of their head.” Robert LaSardo
“Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks.” Yo-Yo Ma
“It’s impossible to explain creativity. It’s like asking a bird, ‘How do you fly?’ You just do.” Eric Jerome Dickey
“Creativity is always a leap of faith. You’re faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.” Julia Cameron
“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn’t mean only artistic creativity, although that’s part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.” Matt Groening
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” Edwin Land
“Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.” Yanni
“Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” Jean Dubuffet
“Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.” Marina Abramovic
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” Sylvia Plath
“Creative thinking–in terms of idea creativity–is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practiced and nurtured.” Edward de Bono
“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.” Bo Bennett
“Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever’s in them rises to the surface in free play.” Erik Erikson
“The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.” Mae Jemison
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” Erich Fromm
“This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.” Edward de Bono
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” Ray Bradbury
“Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.” Guy Fieri
“Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” Charles Mingus
“Creativity itself doesn’t care at all about results–the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process.” Elizabeth Gilbert
“Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.” Dee Hock
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” Brene Brown
“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.” Twyla Tharp
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.” Scott Adams
Featured photo credit: Duel/Ray_from_LA via flickr.com
