3 Henry Miller Quotes on Creativity

Henry Miller quotes on creativity

17. We're creators by permission, by grace as it were. No one creates alone, of and by himself. An artist is an instrument that registers something already existent, something which belongs to the whole world, and which, if he is an artist, he is compelled to give back to the world.

35. Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.

40. The artist who becomes thoroughly aware consequently ceases to be one.