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• Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Life, Cute, Men

  Rabindranath Tagore (1994). “The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany”, p.245, Sahitya Akademi

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• At the heart of world time is the momentum of history. At the heart of personal time is the mystery and wonder of individuality. At the heart of deep, new time is the creative spirit. But at the heart of our time is love.

  David Spangler

  Heart, Individuality, Momentum

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• Unless your freedom turns into a creative realization, you will feel sad. Because you will see that you are free-your chains are broken, and you are no longer in prison; you are standing under the starry night, completely free. But where do you go?

  Rajneesh

  Freedom, Night, Broken

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• Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex.

  Napoleon Hill

  Sex, Artist, Leader

  Napoleon Hill (2005). “Think and Grow Rich with Foreword by Lewis Schiff”, p.138, Lulu.com

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• The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination.

  Albert Einstein

  Independent, Race, Discovery

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Essays in Science”, p.61, Open Road Media

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• The reason for you complaint lies, it seems to me, in the constraint which your intellect imposes upon your imagination. Here I will make an observation, and illustrate it by an allegory. Apparently, it is not good-and indeed it hinders the creative work of the mind-if the if the intellect examines too closely the ideas pouring in, as it were, at the gates.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Lying, Ideas, Imagination

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• In the case of a creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell and only then does it review and inspect the multitudes.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Ideas, Mind, Doe

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• The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational considerations in guessing how nature works.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Guessing, Lovers

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• The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance.

  Eric Hoffer

  Creativity, Self, Flow

  "Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely'". The New York Times Magazine, p. 52, April 25, 1971.

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• Love is the creative refinement of sex energy. And so, when love reaches perfection, the absence of sex automatically follows. A life of love, an abstinence from physical pleasures is called brahmacharya, and anyone who wishes to be free from sex must develop his capacity to love. Freedom from sex cannot be achieved through supersession. Liberation from sex is only possible through love.

  Rajneesh

  Sex, Love Is, Capacity To Love

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• We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't there any other way of appreciating the process? What if the standard of excellence was how fully present the artist was during the process?

  Kazuaki Tanahashi

  Appreciation, Artist, Thinking

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• In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator, and no two shall reach the same conclusion; nor shall we, any more than other creative workers, be ever wholly satisfied with our accomplishment. Ever a season ahead of us floats the vision of perfection and herein lies its perennial charm.

  Louise Wilder

  Art, Lying, Apology

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• People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself.

  Teresa Amabile

  Creativity, People, Challenges

  Teresa Amabile (1989). “Growing up creative: nurturing a lifetime of creativity”, Crown Pub

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• Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential.

  Michael J. Gelb

  Powerful, Creativity, Secret

  Michael J. Gelb (2009). “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day”, p.179, Dell

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• The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling and frustrating, are in fact the growing edges. We see these opportunities the instant we drop our preconceptions and our self-importance.

  Stephen Nachmanovitch

  Block, Mistake, Creativity

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• The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities.

  Jordan Peterson

  Creativity, Normal, Forget

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• The person who makes all cares into one care the care for simply staying present will be cared for by that presence which is creative love.

  Kabir Helminski

  Care, Awareness, Persons

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• The truth is that there's more than enough good to go around. There is more than enough creative ideas. There is more than enough power. There is enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it will show up for you. That's the truth.

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Believe, Ideas

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• The essence of being human is being creative.

  Joel Garreau

  Essence, Evolution, Being Human

  Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.263, Broadway Books

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• Forgiveness and the release of the past open the creative flow of life, supporting all levels of mind, heart, body, emotion, and spirit. This energy flow determines the state of our health, our desire to create and procreate, our willingness to develop our gifts, and how we use or deny the life force that we are given as human beings. . . . by choosing to let go of the past, our fears, and our negative patterns or reactions to life, we are suddenly funded with a resurgence of life force, which propels us into a newfound way of being and a very different way of understanding the world.

  Jamie Sams

  Letting Go, Heart, Past

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• Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

  Madame de Stael

  Creativity, Bears, Genius

  "Corinne, or Italy". Book by Madame de Stael, 1807.

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• Creativity needs to extend beyond the lens. Find creative ways to showcase your work and get it seen. Straight up tenacity, hard work and determination will always be part of the equation, so get to it.

  Jimmy Chin

  Photography, Determination, Creativity

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• I believe that teaching is a creative art in which evidence based knowledge is applied toward meeting the learning goals of learners. I believe that effective teaching is often the spark that ignites the imagination, possibility, and promise for learners, including the teacher.

  Barbara Paterson

  Teacher, Art, Believe

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• Creative exploration [is] impossible, without (humble) acknowledgement of the unknown.

  Jordan Peterson

  Inspirational, Humble, Impossible

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• If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.

  Austin Kleon

  Inspirational, Trying, Sitting

  Austin Kleon (2012). “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, p.27, Workman Publishing

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