"The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster."

Creativity, Idea, Martyr

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"The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster."

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"What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ['Give me more images']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Creativity, Imagery, Addiction, Escape, Life

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Creativity, Solitude, Life, Mind

"For me poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Creativity, Poetry, Writing, Prose, Art

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Creativity, Homesickness, Sense, Wrong

"Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Creativity, Focus, Invention, Concentration

"At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Creativity, Childhood, Art, Dream

"My brain has become my enemy. We fight over creation and his need for sleep."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Creativity, Enemy, Fight, Creation, Sleep

"The longer Ellen Cherry thought about it, the more convinced she became that the mission of the artist in an overtechnologized, overmasculinized society was to call the old magic back to life.Could it be done? Yeah, you pessimistic wimps, it could. Could she do it? Probably not, but she could give it a whirl."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Creativity, Art, Magic, Hope

"Creativity is the residue of time wasted."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Creativity, Time, Waste, Art

"The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Creativity, Poetry, Tradition, Symbolism, Spiritual

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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

Death

"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."

Suicide

"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."

Death

"The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it."

Self-Awareness

"Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth."

Speech

"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

Delight

"For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion."

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"What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ['Give me more images']"

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

"For me poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."

"At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air."

"My brain has become my enemy. We fight over creation and his need for sleep."

"Creativity is the residue of time wasted."

"The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so."

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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."

"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."

"The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it."

"Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth."

"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

"Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers."

"We inhabit a language rather than a country."

"A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate."

"For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion."