H. P. Lovecraft Quotes

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.

You can't be perfect at everything.

Nothing stops the forward march of any creative endeavor like the need to do it absolutely perfectly. And who is to judge what is 'perfect' anyway? What I have judged full of flaws so many others have called terrific. Maybe the definition of Perfection is something that actually gets done.

If you're alive, you're a creative person.

Genius is full of trash.

First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.

Nobody is solid and perfect all of the time.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.

I'm inconsistent because I'm human.

You can't really do anything creative without a source of inspiration.

Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.

Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Creativity is just connecting things.

Collecting the dots. Then connecting them. And then sharing the connections with those around you. This is how a creative human works. Collecting, connecting, sharing.

One of the few things I know about writing is this: Spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book, give it, give it all, give it now.

Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.

In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.