Erich Fromm Quotes

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.

I think creating of any sort, whatever line you're in, is paramount - you can be an architect, you can be a banker, you can be anything - I think that when you create, you're closest to God and yourself.

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

True play is creativity.

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

Every 10 years or so, there was a moment when I'd say, even subconsciously, 'Is that all there is?' You've got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself.

Get creative with your friends and just make stuff because you never know where it can end up.

Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.

We start out as pretty creative beings... Children let their imaginations take them to place they've never seen and do things that seem impossible. We encourage it as fun and playtime, but we should celebrate it as the potential for great discovery and accomplishment.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the opposite of being creative.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

You have to really use your imagination to refresh your daily life.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.