“Creativity could be described as letting go of certainties.”
Gail Sheehy (1937) writer, biographer
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German social psychologist and psychoanalyst 1900–1980Related quotes
“The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.”
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) French artist
As quoted in Artist to Artist : Inspiration and Advice from Visual Artists Past & Present (1998), p. 62
Posthumous quotes
“Faith is not a certainty. Faith is the courage to live with uncertainty.”
Jonathan Sacks (1948) British rabbi
The Case for God, first broadcast on BBC1, 6 September 2010
“Another word for creativity is courage.”
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) French artist
Variant: Creativity takes courage.
“Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.”
Grace Paley (1922–2007) American writer and activist
“Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.”
Julia Cameron (1948) American writer
“Faith engenders courage; and also requires it.”
Ted Malloch (1952) American businessman
Source: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 67.
“Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.”
Adeline Yen Mah (1937) Author and physician
Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist
From 1980s onwards, Only Integrity is Going to Count (1983)
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero