“Creativity is not the work of a few. We each carry within us the image of God the Creator; we each have the task of making the earth into a fairer, kinder place. The first step is imagining a better world, and that is most apt to happen when we suffer or look on suffering.” WorldFirstsLooksArtHappensEarthSufferingStepsCreativityTasksCreatorFirst StepsKinderGod Image Author:Elizabeth O'Connor
“The biggest bursts of speciation that we know about in the history of the earth are soon after great cataclysms, like the extinction of the dinosaurs, which create new opportunities, and all sorts of new forms spring up... So, quite often, the reasons for creativity depend on accidents or disasters that prevent the normal habits being carried out.” KnowsReasonEarthFormOpportunityCreativityDependsHabitNormalSpringAccidentsDisasterExtinctionDinosaursNew OpportunitySpeciation Author:Rupert Sheldrake
“Stupid word, that. Period. In America it means 'full stop,' like in punctuation. That's stupid as well. A period isn't a full stop. It's a new beginning. I don't mean all that creativity, life-giving force, earth-mother stuff, I mean it's a new beginning to the month, relief that you're not pregnant, when you don't have to have a child.” GivingWellsMeanChildrenEarthAmericaMotherForceStuffCreativityStupidMonthsPeriodsReliefPregnantNew BeginningsPunctuation Author:Michelene Wandor
“Russian forests crash down under the axe, billions of trees are dying, the habitations of animals and birds are laid waste, rivers grow shallow and dry up, marvelous landscapes are disappearing forever.... Man is endowed with creativity in order to multiply that which has been given him; he has not created, but destroyed. There are fewer and fewer forests, rivers are drying up, wildlife has become extinct, the climate is ruined, and the earth is becoming ever poorer and uglier.” MenHas BeensEarthOrderGivenGrowsAnimalCreativityForeverTreeDyingBecomingWasteBirdRiversClimateDisappearBillionsForestsDestroyedLandscapeDryFewerCrashMarvelousShallowRuinedWildlifeDry Up Author:Anton Chekhov
“What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being. It may appear as prophesy or as poesy...should these faculties have free play, I believe they will open up new, deeper and purer sources of joyous inspiration than have as yet refreshed the earth.” ShouldBelieveHumansMayMeanPlayInspirationEarthI BelieveHuman BeingsCreativitySourceHigherInstinctDeeperOrganizedFacultyTruthfulMuseIntuitiveJoyousAdherenceAdmonitionClearnessFree Play Author:Margaret Fuller
“Old customs are easy to forget with the flashing of events in our lives. Easy to forget, like the heavy clothing we once wore to survive the winters. It is an old custom, the handing down of things. A good knife, a well-made pipe, a heavy robe. Tradition falls prey to constant change, and creativity becomes so revered that the past is a relic, only to be admired. But in this coat, I was held to the earth, pulled to the past by its weight.” WellsMadeEarthPastFallEasyForgetCreativityOur LivesEventsTraditionWeightConstantWinterHeavyCustomsKnivesClothingsCoatsPreyPipeRobesRelics Author:Craig Childs
“Ko Un's poems evoke the open creativity and fluidity of nature, and funny turns and twists of Mind. Mind is sometimes registered in Buddhist terms - Buddhist practice being part of Ko Un's background. Ko Un writes spare, short-line lyrics direct to the point, but often intricate in both wit and meaning. Ko Un has now traveled worldwide and is not only a major spokesman for all Korean culture, but a voice for Planet Earth Watershed as well.” WritingMindWellsSometimesEarthTurnsCultureVoiceTermLinesCreativityPracticePlanetsMajorsDirectWitBackgroundsBuddhistSparesTraveledTwistsKoreanEvokePlanet EarthIntricateFluidityWatersheds Author:Gary Snyder
“The meanest authors have at least this similarity with the great author of heaven and earth, that they usually say after a completed day of work: "And behold, what he had done was good.” DoneEarthHeavenCreativitySimilarityHeaven And EarthGreat Author Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“These powers of imagination and creativity are among the few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. But they make all the difference.” EarthImaginationDifferencesCreativityImagination And CreativityRest Of LifePower Of Imagination Book:Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education Source: Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education
“Lady Gaga is not a diva, and she's not crazy. She's just an incredibly nice, down-to-earth person who really cares about art and creativity. It's pretty amazing to be able to work with her. I'm pretty grateful for that.” PersonsArtCareAbleEarthCreativityNiceCrazyGratefulDown To EarthGagaArt And Creativity Author:Evan Peters
“I've written a script which will help change consciousness and free people from an old dead Earth and help them make their journey to the new one where we will have true health, creativity, freedom, love and dream sharing. We are working on getting the funding for it and will be the deepest communication I've shared yet which goes back to your question up top.” PeopleHelpingDreamEarthConsciousnessCreativityWrittenJourneyCommunicationScriptsFundingLove Freedom Author:Giuseppe Andrews
“Some sort of creativity is within everybody; I think that's just a part of the human spirit. I think there's no human being on earth who is not creative in some way, because I think it's just a part of our genetic makeup.” ThinkingWayHumansEarthSpiritHuman BeingsCreativityCreativeMakeupHuman Spirit Author:Audra McDonald
“Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.” PeopleWantActionEarthMovingMistakeCreativityHonestMaking MistakesShakingGreat MistakesI Make MistakesI Have Made MistakesPeople Make Mistakes Author:Ross Perot
“Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.” IfsWayLifeWritingPersonsArtBookMatterEarthCreativityInspirational LifeMemorableNot SureGood Book Author:Alice Walker
“If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has allowed me to open up -- to know that there's life under the earth and that I have to let it come through me in a new way. Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.” IfsKnowsWayHas BeensArtIdeasMomentsEarthCreativitySourceDifficultyPresent MomentNew WaysNew IdeasSlow DownSlowing Author:Natalie Goldberg