Gregory Bateson Quotes

We are asking a really fundamental question whether thought can ever be creative. If thought is not the ground of creation then what is creation? Is love the only factor that is creative?

Creativity is something which proceeds from within, out of immeasurable and inexplicable depths, not from without, not from the world's necessity. The very desire to make the creative act understandable, to find a basis for it, is failure to comprehend it. To comprehend the creative act means to recognize that it is inexplicable and without foundation.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.

The creative processes are so mysterious.

There can be no technique or formula for creativity.

Creative instinct is personal.

The creative mind is intelligence in action in the world.

I just want to be as creative as I possibly can.

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

I'm a very creative person, and the best part about creation is creating. So I always love to come up with new things, new ideas, new thoughts. I cherish things like that.

Creativity is a form of knowledge.

We are most creative and sense other possibilities that transcend our ordinary experience when we leave ourselves behind.

Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

Creativity is a continual surprise.

Creativity is not and never has been sensible.

Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.

Creativity is just connecting things.

Always push to be creative.

I care about being creative and productive.

I wanna keep being productive and creative.

Creativity is the ability to see and to respond.