Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness... bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary. ~ Julia Cameron, Artist's Way
The whole creative process…is putting opposites together into something that wasn't there before. ~ Doris Waugh Betts
Creative activity is one of the few self rewarding activities. Being creative is like being in love! ~ Woody Flowers
It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it. ~ Lady Bird Johnson
Creative people have much more confidence in their imaginative leaps, their intuition. ~ Laurel Cutler
I prefer to be reclusive and private about my creation and then, once I'm finished, present it to people. ~ Liz Phair
Everything is writable about if you have the ongoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt. ~ Sylvia Plath
Don’t stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren’t room for creativity, the patent office would close down. ~ Debbi Fields
Many people are inventive, sometimes cleverly so. But real creativity begins with the drive to work on and on and on. ~ Margueritte Harmon Bro
If you believe you have a foolproof system, you've failed to take into consideration the creativity of fools. ~ Frank W. Abagnale, L.A. Times
Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties. ~ Gail Sheehy
Creativity is a quality that we give to every activity that we do. ~ Osho
Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play. ~ Henri Matisse, Creative Artist