“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali
Author: Jennifer Sien
“The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.” – Mason Cooley
“Creativity itself doesn’t care at all about results – the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.” – James Baldwin
“True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse.’” – Arthur Rimbaud
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” – Mary Shelley
“There’s room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you’re trying to be like somebody else, then there isn’t.” – Tori Amos
“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.” – George Lois
“The creative person is willing to live with ambiguity. He doesn’t need problems solved immediately and can afford to wait for the right ideas.” – Abe Tannenbaum
In God's Perfect Time 