2023 has finally left, leaving much chaos in its wake. Since design doesn’t exist in a vacuum — quite the contrary, actually — it would be remiss not to talk about the heartache and turmoil many of our global citizens are going through at the moment, in various parts of the world.
As we said, design doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The fact is, that art and design are born, shaped, and inspired by what we celebrate and what we endure.
So, bidding adieu to a tumultuous 2023, we start 2024 with the hope that what this year gives us are thousands of reasons to celebrate and the courage to endure with grace what we must.
Sharing the following list of creative quotes from inspiring artists from around the world, we intend to honor the human spirit, pay homage to the immense courage of our fellow humans fighting for hope and justice everywhere, and recognize the incredible resilience of the human heart and mind that never gives up in the face of tyranny and vulnerability.
So, here’s to a creative and joyous 2024. Cue the celebrations.
1. “Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
2. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
3. “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein
5. “Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.” – Ray Bradbury
6. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
7. “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” – Mary Lou Cook
8. “Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.” – Albert Einstein
9. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce
10. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
11. “Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.” – Donatella Versace
12. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
13. “Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.” – Osho
14. “Art is the most beautiful of all lies.” – Claude Debussy
15. “Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” – William Plomer
16. “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
17. “Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” – Bill Moyers
18. “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – George Scialabba
19. “Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.” – Eric Hoffer
20. “The painter tries to master color, but color is the master of the painter.” – John Ruskin
21. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
22. “Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom.” – John F. Kennedy
23. “Creativity is the way I share my soul with the world.” – Brené Brown
24. “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.” – Pablo Picasso
