Finds
- Go a Little Out of Your Depth David Bowie's creative credo, from a 1997 interview
- Nietzsche on Walking The philosopher who thought outdoors, ten hours a day
- Art Is Born of Constraint, Lives by Struggle, and Dies of Freedom André Gide said it in 1904, citing a flaw in Michelangelo's marble
- André Gregory's Letter to Richard Avedon Choosing the life that the work grows out of
- Frederick by Leo Lionni The mouse who gathered light and words while the others gathered grain
- How Leonardo da Vinci's Procrastination Contributed to His Creativity Sixteen years to finish the Mona Lisa, one stroke at a time
- Marcel Duchamp on contradicting yourself Taste is a rut, and the way out is to disagree with yourself
- Carl Jung on neurosis and creativity Against the myth of the tortured genius
- Pablo Casals on work as the fountain of youth At 93, still finding life more fascinating
- Jack London on keeping a notebook Slap into it every stray thought
- Bayo Akomolafe on Obstacles as Creative Hubs On obstacles as the universe's hubs of creativity.
- Lorraine Hansberry on Exceptionalism and Loneliness On the loneliness that comes with being exceptional.
- Rockwell Kent on Wilderness as a Living Mirror On wilderness as a mirror of the imagination.
- Marguerite Yourcenar on Madness and Destiny On the touch of madness required to build a destiny.
- Edward de Bono: "Creative thinking is a skill that can be practised and nurtured" Wikiquote's Quote of the Day (May 19) from the inventor of 'lateral thinking' — creative thinking framed as a teachable skill, not a mystical gift.
- Whitman: "I felt down in my soul the clear and unmistakable conviction to disobey all" Whitman's resolve in the face of Emerson's critique of Leaves of Grass — surfaced in a Maria Popova essay on creative confidence.