Jorge Luis Borges on creativity
Jorge Luis Borges170 quotes“Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.”
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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges No one is a poet from eight to twelve and from two to six. Whoever is a poet is one always, and continually assaulted by poetry.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Reality is partial to symmetry and slight anachronisms
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges A poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Many of the characters are fools and they’re always playing tricks on me and treating me badly.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Time forks perpetually toward innumerable futures.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d rather boast about the ones I’ve read.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Censorship is the mother of metaphor.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges I think that the reader should enrich what he is reading. He should misunderstand the text; he should change it into something else.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Films are even stranger, for what we are seeing are not disguised people but photographs of disguised people, and yet we believe them while the film is being shown.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges I have always come to life after coming to books.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist.
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Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
Truman CapoteTruman Capote Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.
Robin SharmaRobin Sharma If you have kids who are struggling with dyslexia, the greatest gift you can give them is the sense that nothing is unattainable. With dyslexia comes a very great gift, which is the way that your mind can think creatively.
Orlando BloomOrlando Bloom Personally, I rather think that if you’re not creative you’ve got a problem on your hands. If you are creative you’ve got a double problem.
Truman CapoteTruman Capote Put your own twist to it. That’s how you say relevant. Or things get old and boring.
Lil DurkLil Durk Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia, or for anyone for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.
Orlando BloomOrlando Bloom Creativity has a lot to do with the main idea. Inspiration is what comes when you are dealing with the idea. But inspiration won’t invite what’s not there to begin with.
Bob DylanBob Dylan Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn’t work.
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