Six Quotes About Creativity

"People deep in an act of creation
take their whole lives with them into that act; and the world outside
becomes shadowy until the act is
completed."
-- Robertson Davies / LYRE OF ORPHESUS --

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"The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly
this: that a thing constructed can
only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is
loved before it exists."
-- G.K. Chesterton / Preface to THE
PICKWICK PAPERS --

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"Spontaneous creation comes from our
deepest being, and is immaculately
and originally ourselves. What we
have to express is already with us,
IS us, so the work of creativity is
not a matter of making the material
come, but of unlocking the obstacles
to its natural flow."
-- Stephen Nachmanovitch / FREE PLAY
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"A pearl within the brain,
Secretion of the sense;
Around a central grain,
New meaning grows immense."
-- Theodore Roethke --

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"'Flow' is the state in which people
become so involved in what they are
doing, that the activity feels
spontaneous and automatic, and the
process becomes more important than
the outcome."
-- Tony Schwartz / WHAT REALLY MATTERS --

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"Many things remain non-existent if
you wish. Their non-existence depends on you."
-- Paul Valery / MONSIEUR TESTE --

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