"The Courage to Create" Quotes
This book explores the power of creativity and the courage it takes to embrace and express it.
psychology | 159 pages | Published in 1974
Quotes
Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.
The creative act is not an act of creation in the sense of the Old Testament.
The source of all art, science, and technology, the wellspring of all creativity is the human spirit - the creative spirit.
Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.
The creative process must be explored not as an isolated phenomenon but in its relation to the person as a whole.
The courage to create is the courage to risk exposing ourselves to the judgments of others.
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Creativity is not a special talent possessed by only a few.
The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement.
