Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

Inspiration is not just a short-term momentum. It could take time and generations of change to truly build a culture of creativity.

It begs for a gospel of perseverance through inevitable failure... There is no antidote to the chaos of creative markets. Only the brute doggedness to endure it.

In the act of creativity, the artist lets go the self-control which he normally clings to and is open to riding the wind.

Where do new ideas come from? The answer is simple: differences. Creativity comes from unlikely juxtapositions.

Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.

And at the end of your days, you can thank creativity for having blessed you with a charmed, interesting, passionate existence.

I know something is super creative, when I feel disappointed that I didn't come up with the idea!

One needs to pursue some sort of a creative interest in order to keep life from eating us alive.

Empathy is a creative act. It is the act of imagining ourselves not only in another's shoes, but perhaps inhabiting their very heart and soul.