Madeleine LEngle Quotes about Creativity

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But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no

But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts, or having some kind of important career.

Madeleine L'Engle

Art, Live Life, Creativity

But unless we are creators, we are not fully alive.

Madeleine L'Engle

Creativity, Alive, Creator

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.75, Convergent Books

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

Madeleine L'Engle

Letting Go, Creativity, Eye

When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware; we must throw ourselves out first. This throwing ourselves away is the act of creativity.

Madeleine L'Engle

Creativity, Self, Firsts

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.9, Open Road Media

When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider world, where colors are brighter, sounds clearer, and people more wondrously complex than we normally realize.

Madeleine L'Engle

Writing, Creativity, Color

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.84, Convergent Books

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.

Madeleine L'Engle

Inspirational, Life, Creativity

1982 A Severed Wasp.

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.

Madeleine L'Engle

Art, Creativity, Perfect

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.21, Open Road Media

All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imaginations, as they grow older.

Madeleine L'Engle

Children, Creativity, Artist

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.46, Convergent Books