Being creative isn’t something that requires large swaths of time or running away to a retreat. I work full time (and more), and somehow find the time for what I love: knitting, teaching about knitting, and writing about knitting. Here are some of my favorite creativity tips from knitters, writers, and artists.
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Elizabeth Zimmermann
“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn’t hurt the untroubled spirit either.” – Elizabeth Zimmerman
- But unvented – ahh! One un-vents something; one unearths it; one digs it up, one runs it down in whatever recesses of the eternal consciousness it has gone to ground. – Elizabeth Zimmerman
- One likes to believe that there is memory in the fingers; memory undeveloped, but still alive.” – Elizabeth Zimmerman
- “it is pure potential. Every ball or skein of yarn holds something inside it, and the great mystery of what that might be can be almost spiritual” – @yarnharlot
- It’s only knitting and it’s one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.” –@yarnharlot
- “All knitting is choreography.” – Clara Parkes
- “The doing and the daring are the magic keys to unlocking the treasure chest.” – Reba Linker
- “I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.” – @yarnharlot
- “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. –Pablo Picasso
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Two Girls Reading by Pablo Picasso
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi
- “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde
- “I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking-Albert Einstein
- The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” – Pablo Picasso
- “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep – Scott Adams
- “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” – Ken Robinson
- “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso