Quotes about Creativity

For the love of his art

The lyrical author is only concerned with his production, enjoys the pleasure of producing, often perhaps only after pain and effort; but he has nothing to do with others, he does not write in order that: in order to enlighten men or in order to help them along the right road, in order to bring about something; in short he does not write in order that.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture

Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.

He knew himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.

What never yet was heard in tale or song, from old or modern bard, in hall or bower.

But we also need stories. Great stories.

Therefore, at the heart of the meaning of work is creativity. If you are God, your work is to create out of nothing. If you are not God, but like God—that is, if you are human—your work is to take what God has made and shape it and use it to make him look great.

Imagination is the faculty of the mind that God has given us to make the communication of his beauty beautiful.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.

I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.

For knitting composed the mind; knitting served the necessary means of evasion; knitting constituted not only an escape, but a tangible protection, from husbands.