"Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun."

Creativity, Ideas, Instinct

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"And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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"We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Her words dance on the page."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

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"When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"The most powerful creative state to bring your desires into reality is by bring the conscious and subconscious into unison then keeping your heart and mind in perfect sync."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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"Fallen leaves on the ground are the golden song of immortal creativity."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

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"People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place."

Richard Rohr, American Theologian

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"My pond life with hydra is over, now I'm into the ocean world of poetry to dive deeper.."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

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"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race."

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"Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes."

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"Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever."

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"Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."

Earth

"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

Money

"The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram."

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"In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going."

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"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."

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"An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it."

People

"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

Family