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47 Quotes to Inspire Your Creative Practice

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Jillian Hess
Jun 16, 2025
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Focused, energetic creativity—the kind I dream of but don’t always achieve—requires sustenance. That sustenance takes many forms: sometimes I need lots of books, sometimes I need quiet time in nature, sometimes I need community. Different projects (and different moments in our lives) require different kinds of fuel.

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been su…

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