Few artists,poets,writers,painters have created beautiful work without finding inspiration in the OG muse-Mother Nature. When I think about how my balcony garden inspired my creativity and my daughters too I realized what a blessing it is to be a creator /Maker.
Every soul has the small atom of Creativity waiting to flourish.Fkr Sunshine to help it bloom.The Sunshine is crucial. It comes in the form of mother nature and all those who help and inspire. When I read quotes about creativity and nature I want to write a few too. Its obviously preposterous that I am planning to put down my quotes with the greats ,but I want to be in good company .So here are a few lovely quotes on creativity and how nature helps it bloom.
20 Quotes on Creativity
- “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” — Albert Einstein
- “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou
- “Creativity takes courage.” — Henri Matisse
- “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.” — Pablo Picasso
- “Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.” — Abraham Maslow
- “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” — Scott Adams
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis (Often attributed; widely quoted)
- “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” — Albert Einstein
- “Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” — William Plomer
- “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” — Joseph Chilton Pearce
- “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” — Sylvia Plath
- “Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.” — Voltaire
- “An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” — Edwin Land
- “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London
- “Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” — Erich Fromm
- “Imagination rules the world.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
- “You have to systematically create confusion; it sets creativity free.” — Salvador Dalí
- “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso
- “Curiosity about life in all its aspects is still the secret of great creative people.” — Leo Burnett
- “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
20 Quotes on Nature & Creativity
1. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein
2. “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” — Claude Monet
3. “I owe perhaps becoming a painter to flowers.” — Claude Monet
4. “It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.” — Henry David Thoreau
5. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” — John Burroughs
6. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu
7. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir
8. “What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated?” — Honoré de Balzac
9. “Nature is the source of all true inspiration.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
10. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper…from a spider’s web.” — Pablo Picasso
11. “The earth has music for those who listen.” — William Shakespeare
12. “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” — Gérard de Nerval
13. “Nature is the art of God.” — Dante Alighieri
14. “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” — Alice Walker
15. “Land really is the best art.” — Andy Warhol
16. “Art takes nature as its model.” — Vincent van Gogh
17. “Nature always wears the colours of the spirit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
19. “The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” — E. E. Cummings
20. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein (repeated)
Quotes on creativity and nature by Dr.Amrita Basu
- Creativity is a way of giving back to nature.
- Immortality happens only though creativity
- Creating is saying thank you to mother nature
- If you never create ,you forget who you are are.
- Every child knows how to paint,its only when they grow up that they forget.
- Taking away creativity from education is the surest way to raise round pegs in square holes.
- Gift of creativity is the best gift of all.
- Create something today ,its your best way to nurture your soul and your brain. Working with your hands and creating is an excellent method of fighting dementia.
- If you create today, you have done your best exercise for your brain.
How Nature & Creativity are connected
- Nature is the Original Muse inspiration and imagination happens with exposure to nature
- Observation & Imagination take flight in nature’s lap.
- Metaphor & Meaning can help shape artistic vision.
- Creative flow is a rare state which reduces stress of daily living.
- Mindfulness is encouraged and reduces mental noise.
- Finding Balance
- Being playful
- Being a Karma Yogi
Hope you are nurturing your creativity .
