“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
As quoted in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989) by Jeffrey M. Elliot
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
As quoted in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989) by Jeffrey M. Elliot
“As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) Irish physician and writer
No. 175, Upon Unfortunate Merit.
The Bee (1759)
Christian D. Larson (1874–1962) Prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books
Source: Your Forces and How to Use Them (1912), Chapter 3, p. 49
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Source: How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American poet
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (1942), It Must Give Pleasure
“Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a
mistake.”
John Cleese (1939) actor from England
Stanislaw Ulam (1909–1984) Polish-American mathematician
Source: Adventures of a Mathematician - Third Edition (1991), Chapter 3, Travels Abroad, p. 55