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Quotations regarding 'Creativity'

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And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can't be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian Psychologist (1934-  )
I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.
Richard M. Daley, American Politician (1942-  )
You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.
James Daly, American Actor (1918-1978)
What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity.
Siobhan Davies, English Dancer
I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.
Rita Dove, American Poet (1952-  )
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
Jean Dubuffet, French Artist (1901-1985)
Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.
David Duchovny, American Actor (1960-  )
When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album.
George Duke, American Musician (1946-  )
You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.
Patty Duke, American Actress (1946-  )
So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas.
Dave Eggers, American Writer (1970-  )
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein, German Physicist (1879-1955)
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
T. S. Eliot, American Poet (1888-1965)
Innovation is creativity with a job to do.
John Emmerling, American Businessman
Buildings designed exclusively on scientific principles will depress their occupants and constrain their creativity.
Robert Evans, American Director (1930-  )
Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon, American Businessman
Creativity 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?
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon, American Businessman
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.
Lukas Foss, German Composer (1922-  )
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Erich Fromm, American Psychologist (1900-1980)
A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.
Mary Garden, -
I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
Bill Gates, American Businessman (1955-  )
 
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