Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
(Banksy)
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. (Maya Angelou)
It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. (Oscar Wilde)
What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to whispering or shouting them?
The problem is acceptance, which is something we’re taught not to do. We’re taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But if you accept the reality that you have been given- that you are not in a productive creative period- you free yourself to begin filling up again. (Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. (Albert Einstein)
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. (Eric Fromm)
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. (Maya Angelou)