You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
—Jack London
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
—Laurence J. Peter
There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
—A.R. Ammons
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
—Voltaire
Discontent is at the root of the creative process: the most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way.
—Eric Hoffer
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: "Only stand out of my light." Perhaps someday we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.
—John W. Gardner
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
—Cynthia Heimel
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.
—Pierre Bonnard
Vision is the true creative rhythm.
—Robert Delaunay
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
—Albert Einstein
Frugality without creativity is deprivation.
—Amy Dacyczyn
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
—Carl Jung
Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.
—Cecil B. DeMille
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
—Dee Hock
There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don't create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating.
—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider