Quotes about Creativity

From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.

You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.

A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

Thomas Merton who said: "The will of God is not a 'fate' to which we must submit, but a creative act in our life that produces something absolutely new, something hitherto unforeseen by the laws and established patterns. Our cooperation consists not solely in conforming to external laws, but in opening our wills to this mutually creative act."5

Humans are creators of meaning, and finding deep meaning in our experiences is not just another name for spirituality but is also the very shape of human happiness.

Good art seems absolutely essential to healthy religion.

Great saints are both courageous and creative; they are "yes, and" or non-dual thinkers who never get trapped in the small world of "either-or" except in the ways of love and courage, where they are indeed all or nothing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. — Benjamin Franklin

Each of us is an original.

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

Playing music to me is as close to having super powers as you can have.