You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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Maya Angelou1982 interview, in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)
About Maya Angelou
American poet and memoirist, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. (1928-2014)
More from Maya Angelou
- Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou (2014)
- My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.Facebook post (July 4, 2011)
- You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.Letter to My Daughter (2009)
- Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.Interview in USA Today (March 5, 1988)
- If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
- Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
More quotes on creativity and innovation
- It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.Steve Jobs
- Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.Walt Disney
- Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night.David Ogilvy
- We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.Bill Gates
- If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.Jeff Bezos
- Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.Jeff Bezos
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