Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.
– Jhumpa Lahiri
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- I returned to my existence, the existence I had chosen instead of you. – Jhumpa Lahiri
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- Doing better is creativity,doing faster is creativity,doing smarter is creativity,doing right is creativity.doing Exclusive is creating identity. – Mohit Manke
- They say love inspires. Guess what inspires more? An enemy. – Donna Lynn Hope
- Beauty that steals the heart is often imperfect, suggests grace and kindness, and inspires tenderness more than it incites lust. – Dean Koontz
- But if what can exist does exist, is memory invention or is invention memory? – Jeanette Winterson
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- Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends. – Haruki Murakami
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- Boredom is a lack of crazy. Its a lack of creativity. Invention. Innovation. If you’re bored, blame yourself. – Katelyn S Bolds
- It is the most fundamental thing I know about being alive: Everything that lasts is invention followed by tenacious faith. – Alexander Maksik
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- No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. – Edward Hopper
- Besides, a long poem is a test of invention, which I take to be the Polar star of Poetry, as Fancy is the sails – and Imagination the rudder. – John Keats
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- Imperfection is simply not a good enough excuse to have someone keep hurting you just because they feel like it. – Pandora Poikilos
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