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“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

Just like we are born with the skill to learn, we come into this world with creativity pre-installed in us. And these inspirational quotes on creativity are meant to inspire you to keep believing in your capacity to think out of the box and come up with solutions in every walk of life.

Because even those who say they are not artistic are creative, as everyone has had to come up with an alternate solution for something or other in their life.

Inspiring creativity quotes

1. “The important thing for you is to be alert, to question, to find out, so that your own initiative may be awakened.” – Bruce Lee

2. “I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” – Vincent Van Gogh

3. “An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way” – Charles Bukowksi

4. “If you are willing to do something that might not work, you’re closer to being an artist” – Seth Godin

5. “Without creativity there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” – Edward de Bono

6. “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” – Steve Jobs

7. “When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit.” – APJ Abdul Kalam

8. “Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not.”– George Bernard Shaw

9. “There’s a way to do it better – find it.” – Thomas A. Edison

10. “Your brain is a factory, not a warehouse.” – Thibaut

11. “Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

12. “The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done – men who are creative, inventive and discoverers.”– Jean Piaget

13. “When you can do a common thing in an uncommon way; you will command the attention of the world.” – George Washington Carver

14. “The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.” – Arthur Koestler

15. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; It’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

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16. “The true sign of knowledge is not knowledge but imagination” – Albert Einstein

17. “Creativity is imagination having fun” – Albert Einstein

18. “Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.” – Albert Einstein

19. “A person who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

20. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein

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21. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso

22. “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Oscar Wilde

24. “I think the artistry is in having an insight into what one sees around them. Generally putting things together in a way no one else has before and finding a way to express that to other people who don’t have that insight.” – Steve Jobs

25. “Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist” – Pablo Picasso

26. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas

27. “Art is a line around your thoughts.” – Gustave Klimt

28. “Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.” – Dorothy Parker

29. “Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.” – Osho

30. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

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Which inspirational quotes on creativity fires you up to find a way out of the rut or a tough spot?

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