Quotes about Creativity

He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky. In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes! Remember why the good Lord made your eyes! So don't shade your eyes, But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize - Only be sure always to call it please 'research'." [ Lobachevsky ]

Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.

Make dumb suggestions.

When Bauhaus designers adopted Sullivan's form follows function, what they meant was, form should follow function. And if function is hard enough, form is forced to follow it, because there is no effort to spare for error. Wild animals are beautiful because they have hard lives.