Creativity Decoded

"For me creativity is very related to honesty, Being honest with yourself. I can only progress in my work when I am aware of what I am missing and then only then is when creativity can act. I "create" a new way, find a new solution, or even teach myself how to paint again if I have to. Creativity is not an accident, it is an important part in the mind of any successful person. Whether we see it or not, that's another thing." - Federico Infante (Artist)

I see creativity as the magical part of any artistic approach. It is the kind of work that doesn't feel as work. Being creative is being somehow adventurous, original but also hard-working.  I firmly believe that there's an innate part, but there's also another which you can work throughout your life. - Zakaria Wakrim (Photographer)

I believe that creativity is a unique identity of an individual's ability to express themselves. This expression can be viewed through past and present experiences.  - Solomon Adufah (Artist)

"Creativity is about something FRESH. Looking at things not as they are but as they could be.  Being creative means to me a life worth living. My freedom, my escape my therapy." -  S. Thornton (mixed media artist)

"Creativity is the ability to create something from nothing. Artists like musicians use silence as their canvas.  They arrange sounds and make music into an empty space and based on what you hear and perceive, the listener will decide what is good music or bad music, but you can not deny the art in the space of silence because ones you turn off the music all you have is silence. Creativity is putting different levels of your imaginations, experience, energy and channeling them into something totally different, something that has not existed at that particular point in time." -  Laolu Senbanjo (artist/musician/lawyer)

"Creativity is about refusing to be fearful. Human existence is a paradox: we reward creative thinking yet the most dominant social forces in the world encourage us to conform.  When we reject the pressure to conform we face the fear of standing alone but at the same time we realize our creative selves. Facing that fear is the hardest part of being creative,  its also the easiest thing to do because all you are really doing is listening to your true self." - SoTeeOh (photographer)

"We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are." We have to constantly create and to work on our dreams and by doing that we have to change our thinking into a positive one, into one where we believe in our dreams." -  Andrada Puşcaş (graphic designer)