The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. Edward De Bono
Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five. Arthur Koestler
What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn’t. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day’s work in his last fifty years. Stephen Leacock
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. John Updike
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm. Earl Nightingale
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm
The creative adult is the child who has survived. Ursula Le Guin
A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting. Abraham Maslow
No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modelled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell. Antonin Artaud
Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity. Michael J Gelb
Creativity is discontent translated into arts. Eric Hoffer
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams
A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights. Brian Tracy
Creative people are stifled somehow by domesticity. They need to have late nights and bad mornings. Jack Vettriano
True creativity often starts where language ends. Arthur Koestler