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15 Quotes That Only Super Creative People Will Relate To

A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.
Rania Naim
November 1, 2016
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”
— Ernest Hemingway, No Title
Tagged: Writing, Creativity, Pain, Self-Expression, Poetry
“Art is the only way to ascend to God, doing what our divine Master did, create.”
— Paul Gauguin, giving advice to his good friend Émile Schuffenecker
Tagged: Art, Painting, Religion, Impressionism, Creativity
“Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they could...”
— Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage
Tagged: Creativity, Art, Artistic Growth, Self-Expression, Self-Confidence
“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.”
— Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You
Tagged: Illusion, Idealism, Imagination, Creativity, Reality, Perception
“Trying to make something out of the goodness of my heart.”
— Jesse Prado, via twitter.com
Tagged: Creativity, Sincerity
“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”
— Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)
Tagged: Art, Creation, Creativity
“A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Creativity, Hard Work
“If you need your public profile to be all positive, you’re sick in the head. I do the work I do, and what happens next I can’t look after.”
— Louis CK, Louis C.K. on the Right to Be Offensive, Why White Guys Should Stop Whining, and Bored Masturbation
Tagged: Creativity, trolls, comedy, humor, comedian
“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. And don't worry too much about security. You will eventually have a deep security when you begin to do what you want. How many of us with our big salaries are actually secure anyway?”
— Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Tagged: Passion, Writing, Doing What You Love
“A perfect studio has always told me that the person is afraid of his own mind and is reflecting in his outward space an inward need for control. Creativity is just the opposite: it is a loss of control. ”
— Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Tagged: Creativity, Creative Living, Messy, Losing Control, Writing
“Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow.”
— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neil DeGrasse Tyson's best quotes
Tagged: Science, Facts, Knowledge, Creativity, expression
“A touch of madness can unleash the great potential we have as artists or as human beings. By creating things and putting all our madness in one project, we can create a masterpiece. By putting our madness to good use, we can help others and help ourselves.”
— Rania Naim, Why A Touch Of Madness Can Sometimes Be The Key To A Happy Life
Tagged: Madness, Creativity
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
— Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs - Top 10 Quotes. Here's to the crazy ones...
Tagged: Madness, Creativity, Genius
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
— Albert Einstein, 5 Reasons Creative Geniuses Like Einstein, Twain and Zuckerberg Had Messy Desks – And Why You Should Too
Tagged: Creativity, Art, Mess, Clutter
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
— Rumi, The Essential Rumi
Tagged: Creativity, Art, inspiration