15 Inspirational Quotes To Jump-Start Creativity

Sometimes it just takes a little spark to jump-start your creativity. Being creative is not the same with every person. Some people are naturally creative, while others really have to work at it. No matter which category you fall into, there are times when you hit the proverbial “brick wall” where you just find yourself struggling to find a particular word or how to express ideas. It happens to everyone – so don’t think you’re alone. Here are 15 of our favorite inspirational quotes that can jump-start your creativity.

  1. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
  2. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
  3. “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho
  4. “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” – Henry Ford
  5. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
  6. “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” – Steve Jobs
  7. “There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.” – Mark Twain
  8. “The world doesn’t care how many times you fall down, as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up.” – Aaron Sorkin
  9. “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
  10. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace. Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus
  11. “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.” – Pablo Picasso
  12. “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” – Sylvia Plath
  13. “Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.” – Austin Kleon
  14. “It’s through mistakes that you actually grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.” – Paula Scher
  15. “But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.” – Carl Jung

 

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