myths about creativity

Graciously shared by Tina Sue Norris

Only a talented few are creative.

True original art is done freehand from the artist's memory.

You have to be inspired or in the right mood to create.

You must have an art education or work at an art related job to be considered creative.

You need a lot of expensive art materials to create.

You must have an equipped studio to create really good art.

You must always do something new to be original and creative.

 

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES AND STATEMENTS:

Don't aim for success if you want it. Just do what you love and believe in and success will come naturally. Never become an expert, it leaves no room to learn something new.

The key is doing it - The talent is patience.

People who want to be creative, who deeply value such a characteristic in themselves, are more likely to make themselves creative and keep themselves
that way, creativity is what we do with our abilities. D.N. Perkins

Creativity is a celebrations of life. Joseph Zinker

Drawing helps you to see and seeing helps you draw.

I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is. Fredrick Franch

Never, Never compare yourself to anyone but yourself.

Art doesn't just happen, You make it happen. Nita Leland

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts. Emerson

I don't see why we ever think of what others think of what we do - no matter who they are. Isn't it enough just to express yourself? O'Keeffe

As teachers, we try to participate in the process of empowering people to be the artist they really are. Corita Kent

When your life itself becomes the subject matter of the creative process, a very different experience of life opens to you. R. Fritz