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“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.”

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Author:Elizabeth O'Connor

“The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.”

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Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

“chaos is the first step in the creative process.”

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Book:My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Source: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

“It, (creativity) requires an inclination to step into the unknown, as well as the ability to persist when there is no end in sight.”

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Book:Trust the Process

Source: Trust the Process

“The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for the child's creative life later on.”

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Author:Ann Lewin-Benham

“Perhaps creativity is fumbling that dance step, or driving the chisel the wrong way into the stone.”

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Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fueling this is something really ancient." That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way.”

“Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it.”

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Author:Shania Twain

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”

“The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.”

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Author:Chuck Palahniuk