One way to spark endless creativity is to read the thoughts and quotes of notable people. The quotes below were chosen specifically because of the unique thought on the artistry of making something new or forming something from thinking differently than we may have previously.

You may use these quotes as Journal Seed Starters, as an addition to your Inspiring Quotes collection, as thoughts for Meditation and reflection....use them in whatever way strikes you.

Ponder, reflect, flow with Passion!

1. We may think we're protecting ourselves by denying our creative impulses, but all we're doing is burying our authentic selves alive. Sarah Ban Breathnach

2. Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. Edward De Bono

3. Creativity requires a lot of faith -- not just in yourself but also in the knowledge that you have the right to proceed, even when you may not know exactly what you're doing. Twyla Tharp

4. Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. Nnamdi Azikiwe

5. As artists, we must learn to be self nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them — to restock the trout pond, so to speak. Julia Cameron

6. In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love? Igor Stravinsky

7. When I am...completely myself, entirely alone...or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8. Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory Betty Smith

9. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein

10. It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint-Exupery