Creativity

The Sifter spent last night pouring over hundreds of famous and inspirational quotes on creativity. Below is a collection of our 15 favourites. Let us know which ones resonate with you the most, and feel free to counter any you disagree with. There are infinite views on creativity, here are fifteen famous ones for inspiration on your next endeavour. Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will. Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.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.Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because theydidn’t really do it, the just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.Creativity is a drug we cannot live withoutYou see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?creativity is contagious, pass it on.