Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress.
Charles Mingus
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creative.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.
General George Smith Patton, Jr.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Etty Hillesum
One must also accept that one has uncreative moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.
John Lithgow in Third Rock From the Sun
Out of suffering comes creativity. You cannot spell painting without pain.
Henry Ward Beecher
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
Pablo Picasso
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
Alan Kay
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
W. Arthur Porter
The innovate point is the pivotal moment when talented and motivated people seek the opportunity to act on their ideas and dreams.

