It’s another Quotable Friday and today actually marks one month that I’ve been creating free downloadable high resolution posters with (hopefully) cool and inspiring quotes. I love everything about these and creating them is really a highlight of my week.
Today’s quote comes from Henri Matisse a French painter whose work I particularly love. If you are fuzzy on Matisse, he was a contemporary of Picasso their work is even confused at times. I am mad for Matisse’s cut outs particularly the Blue Nudes which look like this.
Today’s Quote Is:
“Creativity Takes Courage”
-Henri Matisse
Creativity is a funny thing, sometimes it’s a little scary to be true to oneself- to tap into that part of us that is wildly and uninhibitedly creative. Even deciding to use this quote was a bit of a process- was it too simple? Would people like it? In the end, it speaks to me, and hopefully, it speaks to someone else.
Sometime back, I wrote about writer’s block and this quote reminded me about how amazing it felt to break free from that block, to find my creativity again and break past trying to live up to constraints I was only placing on myself. I hope you find the courage to be creative today whether it’s in the kitchen, on an easel, behind the lens, on the dance floor, or while singing at the top of your lungs while heading down the freeway.
Have a great weekend!
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Sabrina
I love this post! I have been thinking a lot about courage in general lately, and especially how it applies to creativity. You gotta be brave to sit there in front of a blank page (or empty stage, or big fancy cello) and try to fill it with expressive beauty. Thanks for this really cool poster! I will hang it where I can see it every day.
Katie
Hi, I have just come across your post and I LOVE it ! What an awesome quote ! Just what I needed to read, thank you it has totally inspired me as I was starting to feel I should go for " main stream" at the expense of my creativity. Thank you.
May I use this quote on my blog ?
Hi Sabrina
A BIG hello from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yes.
Creativity certainly takes courage!
And yours just shine right through.
The photos are more than excellent.
Your prose….inspiring.
You definitely bring life to the pages.
Creativity aside, talent only means you're half way there. Hard work & determination will carry us the rest of the way!!!
Bravo to a job done well!
Losses aren’t cataclysmic if they teach the heart and soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing. Areal tragedy? That’s the loss of the heart and soul themselves. If you’ve abandoned yourself in the effortto keep anyone or anything else, unlearn that pattern.
Live your truth, losses be damned. Just like that, your heart and soul will return home.