Some Favorite Quotes on Creativity

“My future starts when I wake up every morning…everyday I find something creative to do with my life.” – Miles Davis

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein

“Master your instrument. Master the music. Then forget all that bullshit and just play.” – Charlie Parker

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” – Mary Lou Cook

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct arising from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the object it loves.” – Carl Jung

“When we all think alike, then no one is thinking.“ – Walter Lippman

“Techniques and skill and even a point of view are often handed down, formally or not. It’s easier to get started if you’re taught, of course. But art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact—sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.” – Seth Godin