10 Quotes To Inspire Your Creative Mind To Keep Creating

While creating is challenging and brings up the deepest insecurities and intense feelings of imposter syndrome, it’s worthwhile and important to share your creativity with the world.

Here are ten quotes that’ll make you want to create no matter what.

Do you ever worry that you’ll wake up one morning and your ability to be creative will be gone?

Maya Angelou has some words for you:

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” -Maya Angelou

Want to keep your creative well stocked up? Keep putting your creativity to use!

Fear is everyone’s kryptonite.

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."

-Joseph Chilton Pearce

And even if that fear is still there, that’s okay too! Just don’t let it stop you.

People love to intellectualize everything. But, play is at the heart of creativity.

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the object it loves." -C.G. Jung

Indulge your inner child and embrace a sense of play.

What’s the best way to be creative you ask?

“There’s no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.” -Ray Bradbury

Be creative in whatever way you want!

When it comes to creating, look inside yourself.

"Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart." -Elizabeth Gilbert

The best creations are the most personal.

You must honor what you really think.

"You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over your shoulder, you'll never write."-Nikki Giovanni

This way, your creations will be rooted in your truth.

Don’t sit around waiting for creativity to come to you.

"Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones."

-Bruce Garrabrandt

Every moment is a perfect moment to be creative and pull inspiration from.

Creativity is about making something out of discoveries.

"Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found." -James Russell Lowell

Once you find that thing, make it into something only you could make.

You can’t be scared of making mistakes. Mistakes are welcome.

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."-Scott Adams

Your creative choices are what make your art truly yours.

You know those people who have rigid views of what creativity is? They’re wrong.

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.”

-Mary Lou Cook

Creativity is much more expansive than people think.

Now, go create.