The Power of Thinking Differently » Creativity Quotes

Creativity for Simplicity – Mingus

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:49:26 +0000

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”

Charles Mingus

The Point of Education – Piaget

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:48:00 +0000

“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

Creating Yourself – Jung

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:46:16 +0000

“But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.”

Carl Jung

Creativity and Mistakes – Adams

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:44:22 +0000

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

Scott Adams

Secret to Creativity – Einstein

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:42:56 +0000

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.“

Albert Einstein

Letting Go – Turner

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:41:05 +0000

“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”

Tina Turner

Creative Genius – James

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:38:44 +0000

“Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.”

William James

The Creative Process – Woolf

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:36:18 +0000

“It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.”

The Creative Power – Woolf

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:35:34 +0000

“Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.”

Virginia Woolf

The Essence of Art – Adorno

JavyWG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:34:36 +0000

“A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of harmony negatively by embodying the contradictions, pure and uncompromised, in its innermost structure.”

Theodore Adorno