This document provides 20 quotes from historical figures to inspire creative genius. The quotes encourage thinking outside the box, taking risks, being curious, breaking rules, and gaining an unfair advantage through creativity. They emphasize trusting instincts, changing the world through committed groups, and navigating without a map in creative pursuits. The document aims to banish creative roadblocks by sharing inspirational thoughts on creativity.

1. 20 Tweetable Quotes to
Inspire Creative Genius
Banish creative roadblocks with these inspirational
nuggets from some of history’s greatest minds
By Marcella Jalbert, Introduction by Ramona Sukhraj

2. Marcella is a graphic designer who is always eager to learn & innovate. Using
her background in art & business, she works to create design that is both
beautiful & functional.
When she’s not glued to her computer she enjoys singing with her a capella
group, drawing, playing video games, hanging out with her three pups, &
spreading good vibes.
About the Author

3. As rewarding as being a Designer, Marketer, or Creative in
general is, it can also be exhausting. In these roles, you’re
always expected “to be on” and innovating, but even the
most out-of-the-box thinkers can have dry spells.
To help banish your next roadblock, here are 20 tweetable
quotes to inspire creative genius.
Ramona Sukhraj

4. “Creativity comes from trust.
Trust your instincts. & never
hope more than you work.”
Rita Mae Brown

5. “Never doubt that a small
group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world.”
Margaret Mead

6. “Learn the rules like a
pro, so you can break
them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

7. “Creativity is one of the last
remaining legal ways of
gaining an unfair advantage
over the competition.”
Ed McCabe

8. “Imagination is everything.
It is the preview of life’s
coming attractions.”
Albert Einstein

9. “An idea that is not dangerous
is unworthy of being called
an idea at all.”
Oscar Wilde

10. “Go where the silence is
& say something.”
Amy Goodman

11. “There are no rules here.
We’re trying to
accomplish something.”
Thomas Edison

12. “Clean out a corner of
your mind & creativity
will instantly fill it.”
Dee Hock

13. “Great things are done
by a series of small things
brought together.”
Vincent Van Gogh

14. “The reason that art...is valuable
is precisely why I can’t tell you
how to do it. If there were a map,
there’d be no art, because art is the
act of navigating without a map.”
Seth Godin

15. “Curiosity about life in all of
its aspects, I think, is still the
secret of great creative people.”
Leo Burnett

16. “If you want something
new, you have to stop doing
something old.”
Peter F. Drucker

17. “To live a creative life,
we must lose our fear
of being wrong.”
Joseph Chilton Pierce

18. “The air is full of ideas. They are
knocking you in the head all the time.
You only have to know what you
want, then forget it, & go about your
business. Suddenly, the idea will come
through. It was there all the time.”
Henry Ford

19. “Creativity is inventing,
experimenting, growing, taking
risks, breaking rules, making
mistakes, & having fun.”
Mary Lou Cook

20. “Listen to anyone with an original
idea, no matter how absurd it may
sound at first. If you put fences
around people, you get sheep. Give
people the room they need.”
William McKnight

21. “Around here, however, we don’t look
backwards for very long. We keep
moving forward, opening up new doors
& doing new things, because we’re
curious… & curiosity keeps leading us down
new paths.”
Walt Disney

22. “Do not fear to be eccentric in
opinion, for every opinion now
accepted was once eccentric.”
Bertrand Russell

23. The highest levels of performance
come to people who are centered,
intuitive, creative, & reflective -
people who know to see a problem
as an opportunity.
Deepak Chopra

24. Thanks for reading.
Now get out there & create!
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