Creativity Quotes

Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. Be lazy, think crazy.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of... ...

And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.

Art takes nature as its model.

In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.

No truly great person is completely free of some madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.