Ralph Waldo Emerson Creative Quotations

Art is evidence of our most creative moment.

The two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency.

I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Palestine, Italy, Spain, and the Islands, - the Genius and creative Principle of each and of all eras, in my own mind.

But it is impossible that the creative power should exclude itself. Into every intelligence there is a door which is never closed,through which the creator passes.

One must be an inventor to read well.

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, and few writers of the best books.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite...