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Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher, Speaker
Creation

"Only the mind that has emptied itself of the known is creative. That is creation. What it creates has nothing to do with it. Freedom from the known is the state of a mind that is in creation."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Creation

"In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Creation

"To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation."

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Tim Ferriss Author, Entrepreneur, Podcaster
Creation

"Nothing can match the wonderment that comes from staring up into the star-filled canopy above and realizing that you are a part of that creation."

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Michel Foucault Philosopher, Social Theorist
Creation

"The practice of S/M is the creation of pleasure.... And that's why S/M is really a subculture. It's a process of invention. S/M isthe use of a strategic relationship as a source of pleasure."

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