Edward de Bono of 6 Thinking Hats says:
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
Edwin Land, the co-founder of Polaroid tells us to not fear failure:
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Controversial performance artist Marina Abramovic is a bit stern, but speaks the very truth:
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
Classic Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (really, she needs no introduction) reminds us of the humanity in creativity:
Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.
The great American poet of the 1920's T.S. Eliot remind us how anxiety is absolutely normal:
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. (x)
Contemporary dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp reminds you to make creativity (creating) a habit:
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.
Yo-yo Ma, a world renown cellist and the founder of the Silk Road Project, says this about creativity:
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
The powerful and inspirational African-American civil rights activist, Maya Angelou (may she rest in peace and power), believes that creativity is an innate quality:
Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.
Beyonce Knowles (who needs no introduction, the Queen Bee of pop music!) says creativity is her life:
If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!
Impressionist painter Henri Matisse reminds you to be courageous about your art:
Creativity takes courage.
Ken Robinson, who writes about creativity and finding one's passion says this:
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.
Yoko Ono, a musician, artist and most known for being John Lennon's (of the Beatles) second wife, says this about her music:
I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
We'll end this post with another quote from dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp, who reminds us that creativity is for everybody:
Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
We'll stop here, for now. Hope you've been appropriately encouraged and motivated reading these quotes; we'd love to see you this Sunday, whether as part of the audience or one who comes forward with a proposal. Though if you do have a proposal, send it to us (etoccata@gmail.com) immediately!
Quotes taken from brainyquote.com. Check them out if you need extra motivation!
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