Quotes by Creativity It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be. Abraham Maslow psychological-health creativity self My feeling is that the concept of creativeness and the concept of the healthy, self actualizing, fully human person seem to be coming closer and closer together, and may perhaps turn out to be the same thing Abraham Maslow creativity healthy self The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might not be why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything. Abraham Maslow creativity inspirational thinking Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? ...a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? Abraham Maslow creativity might people We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything. Abraham Maslow creativity miracle faces Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment. Abraham Maslow lightning creativity moments Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum. Ada Louise Huxtable creativity creative past If you don't try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you're just wasting your position as a pop band. Adam Anderson creativity band trying Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream. Adam Braun creativity simple dream It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in. Adam Duritz creativity fighting ideas Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity. Adam Grant creativity procrastination enemy The one thing that cannot be outsourced is creativity. We have to find ways to support creative people because the only way we are going to improve our laws... is by creating our way out of it. Adam Leipzig creating creativity law I think it would be great if more adults were able to maintain that joyful creativity that we all experience as children. Adam Rubin creativity children thinking When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die. Adam Shankman sharks swimming creativity Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion. Adeline Yen Mah abuse creativity compassion The spark of a genius exists in the brain of the truly creative man from the hour of his birth. True genius is always inborn and never cultivated, let alone learned. Adolf Hitler creativity men science I do think it's getting more and more rare in this country to raise a kid with the attitude that creativity is something valuable. The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world's putting out at you. Adrian Tomine creativity attitude country I get nervous about the effect that the high speed of everything will have on creativity. It's already sad for me to see that a lot of young aspiring cartoonists are putting stuff on the web, doing animation on the computer rather than making zines or mini-comics, which seem to be going the way of the dinosaur. Adrian Tomine dinosaurs zines creativity It is the lesbian in us who is creative, for the dutiful daughter of the fathers in us is only a hack. Adrienne Rich creativity daughter father I've known great happiness in my life along with great darkness, and a question that has repeatedly entered my poetry has been, how do we use the direct experience of happiness that may be given us, whether of love and sexuality or creativity or the sense of connectedness with other beings, human and otherwise? Adrienne Rich creativity use darkness «1234567891011»