What is creative instinct, if not an incessant living sympathy with Nature, a constant craving like that of Nature's own, to fashion something new out of all that comes within the grasp of those faculties with which Nature has endowed us? The qualities of vision, of fancy, and of imaginative power, are no more divorced from Nature, than are the qualities of common-sense and courage. They are rarer, that is all.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Creativity is a natural instinct to make new things, like nature itself.
- In plain terms
- Creativity is a natural urge to make new things.
- What can you take from it?
- Creativity is innate like nature's drive.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is creativity natural?
- How does nature inspire art?
Another view
Not everyone feels this constant craving for creation.
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