Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense. – Pablo Picasso
Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. – Edgar Degas
The world always seems brighter when youÍve just made something that wasnÍt there before. – Neil Gaiman
Creativity is intelligence having fun. – Albert Einstein
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso
To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. – Kurt Vonnegut
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde
The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity. – Alberto Giacometti
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. – Pablo Picasso
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. – Banksy
Art is freedom. Being able to bend things most people see as a straight line. – Unknown
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. – Kurt Vonnegut
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. – James Whistler
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. – Scott Adams
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. – Pablo Picasso
Art speaks where words are unable to explain. – Unknown
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Art is not a thing; it is a way. – Elbert Hubbard
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. – Edwin Land
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. – Twyla Tharp
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. – Francis Bacon