The Art of Creating: How To Create Art That Transforms Yourself And The World

by Joseph Nguyen

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

The unknown is the only space where new and all possibilities exist.

“The reward for our work is not what we get, but who we become.”

inspiration, ideas, and creativity you attract into your life. Creating is the art of articulating the indescribable and translating the unknown into form.

Assuming creates limitations. Questions create possibilities.

Creating is meant to be one of the most fulfilling and exhilarating things we can do as humans. We are born to create. If you’re not having fun, it’s because you’re worried about what others will think about what you make instead of focusing on how much you love creating. Fall in love with creating, not the creation.

In art (and in life), there are no such things as positive or negative emotions. They are just emotions.

Emotions are not good or bad, right or wrong. They are simply emotions, and every single one of them creates this beautiful experience we call life.

“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” — Ray Bradbury

We are all born with the seed of a gift to express ourselves through. One of life’s greatest joys is discovering what this seed is and intentionally watering it, so that it may blossom into something we never could have expected.