Character Quotables: Creativity
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“Imagination rules the world”
“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.”
“Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is “to fit together” and we all do this every day. Not all of us are painters but we are all artists. Each time we fit things together we are creating – whether it is to make a loaf of bread, a child, a day.”
“Just remember, when it comes to your life, you are not only the artist but the masterpiece, as well.”
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.”
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.”
“The most powerful, efficient energy source in the world is your own mind. Explore and discover that it can make creative fuel from anything.”
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age.”
“Every problem has a solution; it may sometimes just need another perspective.”
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”
“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”
“Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.”
“Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?”
“Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.”
“Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.”
“Innovation is to imagine the future and fill in the gaps.”
“Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.”
“What is creative living? Any life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.”
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that others are behind the time.”
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
“The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off—it’s with you all the time.”
“There’s a way to do it better. Find it.”
“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.”
“Creativity is the way I share my soul with the world.”
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
“Throwing away ideas too soon is like opening a package of flower seeds and then throwing them away because they’re not pretty.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration. I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.”
“If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy step… the extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question: What ELSE could we do?”
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”
“I have a habit of letting my imagination run away from me. It always comes back though… drenched with possibilities.”
“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.”
“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”
“There is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.”
“Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
“When we trust our creative energy, we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment—an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way of looking at things.”
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.”
“Create what sets your heart on fire and it will illuminate the path ahead.”
“Creative people do not see things for what they are; they see them for what they can be.”
How can you use Quotes?
Start a discussion: Quotes can start a discussion about a character trait at the beginning of a meeting or the dinner table. You can ask questions about what it means, how they have seen the trait demonstrated in their own lives, or how they can develop it themselves.
Provide a model: Quotes can provide a model of good character. When you read a quote from a famous person or historical figure, you show that people they admire also value the same character traits.
Use quotes as writing/journal prompts: Ask them to write a short essay about a quote to help them think more deeply about its implications for their lives.
Post quotes: You can post quotes where they will be seen/heard often – classroom, breakroom, lobby, dining room, email signatures, video bulletin boards, morning announcements, social media, etc.
Read quotes aloud: You can read quotes aloud to your children during mealtimes, bedtime, or any other time you spend together.
Make it fun: You can make it even more fun by incorporating games, activities, or crafts. Let children decorate signs with the quotes to hang in the classroom or a bedroom door. Record children saying it and post it on social media.