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Great thoughts on creativity, sorted alphabetically by source. N thru Z:

“Work rises from the soul; and using creative imagination, sculpts our future. Corporations that understand the human spirit’s creative impulse will be tomorrow’s leaders”
-- Linda Naiman, quoted in MarketingWeb, 30 Oct 2007.

"Creativity is not only for the young. To age healthfully, our creative potential most not be allowed to wither. Our stream of wonder and newness need not end because we are middle aged or considered senior citizens. It is our imaginations that enable us to see what is new, to meet the challenges of life and to create new avenues of expression. Creativity is an essential part of healthy aging."
-- Robert Oliva in an article on Health Aging

"Creativity methods provide senior management with a unique tool to tap into a massive organizational resource. Learning to leverage the creative thinking skills of every individual, regardless of their level, creates the sustainable competitive advantage every corporation is striving for."
-- Jim O'Neal

"Creative time is just as important as food when it comes to recharging.
While food recharges our bodies, creative time recharges our soul."
-- Margaret Paul, Ph.D., quoted here.

"Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence."
-- Norman Podhoretz

"The creative process is a powerful, transformative tool for healing our minds and bodies, our relationships and our world. Each one of us carries this ancient medicine inside."
-- Kay Marie Porterfield, M.A.

"You can't be creative, and be critical at the same time. These two processes
require different ways of thinking. The critical, judgmental, analytical
function of the brain is not the part that knows how to generate creative
ideas.

Even the types of brainwaves that you generate when you are being rational
and analytical are quite different than the brainwaves that go with maximum
creativity.

When it's time for you to be creative, you have to send your 'inner critic'
out for a walk."
-- Roane Real, from "How to Be Smarter - Use Your Brain to Learn Faster,
Remember Better, and Be More Creative" Check it out at here.

"To be successful, the three most important areas you need to focus on are strategizing, innovating, and marketing. And since all three require creative thinking, it's imperative for you to constantly hone this remarkable human trait."
-- Robert Ringer, "Sharpening Your Creative Edge", Early To Rise newsletter, Message #1833, September 13, 2006)

"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"If only we were given the chance to be in our work with the full force of our personality, mind and body, heart and soul...what a power would be released in the world."
-- Theodore Roszak, Quoted here: http://www.kreativity.net/

"I believe we are more than the inhabitants of our cubicles, more than engineers or even parents, husbands and wives. I believe we are transformed and connected by the power and beauty of our creativity."
-- Mel Rusnov, The Artistry of Hidden Talents, featured on NPR.

"All people are innovative; they just need help unlearning their uncreative habits."
-- Stephen Shapiro, in his article "Innovate Your Organization" >>pdf file

"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"The person who can combine frames of reference and draw connections between ostensibly unrelated points of view is likely to be the one who makes the creative breakthrough. "
-- Denise Shekerjian

"Exceptional creativity is frequently viewed as a highly individualistic phenomenon,"but there is at least one type of artistic expression that is extremely prominent, often highly profitable and inherently collective in nature: the feature film. Motion pictures provide a valuable research site for investigating group artistic creativity under real-world conditions."
-- Dean Simonton, a professor of psychology at UC Davis, Quotes in What Makes A Great Movie
(ScienceDaily Aug. 16, 2007)

"I can't stress enough how much I hope that you follow your own creative dreams. The world needs your vision: your courage, your humor, your insights, your sense of color and light and rhythm. The world needs poets, painters, weavers, dollmakers, photographers, sculptors, dancers, musicians, singers. The world needs heart and soul and joy. Make room in your lives to manifest these things, and you will be doing God's work."
-- Sarah Stockton

"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."
-- Henry Van Dyke

"I have found that books about creativity in general tend to be more useful to me than books that are specifically about getting my writing going. Rather than writing prompts, I prefer reading about how to make my entire life more creative. A life lived artistically is a life that has inspiration around every turn."
-- Kathryn Vercillo, from her blog

"Creativity, while highly desirable, is popularly regarded as an elusive, subjective characteristic. Within music, it is reflected largely in compositions. However, creativity can be measured objectively and its involvement of music is not limited to composing. Accumulating findings indicate that musical training enhances intellectual creativity in general."
-- Norman M. Weinberger, Creating Creativity With Music

“Our single greatest temptation is to stop as soon as we make a first breakthrough, as if some sort of final exam has been passed and now there is nothing more to be done...In fact we have usually only taken the first step of what could be many more. We’ve only cracked open the door. Real creativity only begins with the first breakthrough. Walk through that door – and keep going.”
-- Anthony Weston, Creativity for Critical Thinkers

"The things we fear most in organizations -- fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances -- are the primary sources of creativity."
-- Margaret Wheatley

"Most people go along and never experience their creativity. They run on old programs or follow the "normal" way of doing things. Creativity is not just painting a picture, writing a poem or doing a modern dance. It is a way of life. Every activity can become a creative experience."
-- Thomas D. Willhite

"When we don't create, when we don't learn and grow, it brings us pain. It deadens us. When this innate urge to create is thwarted or stifled, we turn to unhealthy substitutes such as drugs, alcohol, crime, violence, etc. to lessen the pain."
-- Joyce Wycoff, from her article Are You Creative?

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