20 Inspiring Quotes About Home From Creative Minds
What role does your home play in the creative process? Environments can have a major effect on one’s creativity and well-being. Here are 20 inspiring quotes about home from creative minds.
The idea of home is often tied to family, safety, comfort, and happiness, but what about creativity? Even if your home is a place to take a break from creative work, you can still support creativity and well-being. From having spaces to recharge the mind, body, and spirit to supporting habits of play, a creative home supports novel connections and infinite possibilities.
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.“
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist
“Laughter is what makes a home warm, and what makes a work place human.”
― Catherine Pulsifer
Author
“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.“
― Benjamin Franklin
American polymath
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
― Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
“A home without books is a body without soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman
“Your true home is in the here and the now.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Buddhist monk
“Home is where one starts from.”
― T.S. Eliot
Poet, essayist
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
― Matsuo Bashô
Poet
“I believe wherever dreams dwell, the heart calls it home. So may you untangle yourself from the twist of melancholy and ley your thoughts carry you back to the birthplace of your truth.”
― Dodinsky
Author
“The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.”
―
English Poet
“We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.”
― Winston Churchill
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist, philosopher, abolitionist
“A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. “
― Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader and former head of state of Tibet
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. “
― William Morris
British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist
“The home should be the treasure chest of living.”
― Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect
“A home should be a stockade, a refuge from the flaming arrows of anxiety, tension and worry.”
― Wilfred Peterson
Author
“Interiors shouldn’t be static works of art. You’re meant to interact with them. “
― Alexandra Angle
Interior Designer
“Treat your home the way you treat your best friend.”
― Rodika Tchi
Author
“Your Home should tell the story of who you are, and be a Collection of what you Love.”
― Nate Berkus
Interior Designer
“No matter where you are financially, quality time is always available and with just a bit of love and creativity you can easily create a home.”
― Kendell Fox
Author
Zach is an international writer, photographer, filmmaker, martial artist, and creator of Creative Enso, the Zen art of creative living. His goal is to empower and inspire creatives to live healthier, happier, and more creative lifestyles.
