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What These 7 World-Famous Artists Can Teach You About Creativity

What These 7 World-Famous Artists Can Teach You About Creativity
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Feeling uninspired? We've all been there.

But perhaps no one has felt it more than those who work tirelessly to create something beautiful -- and public -- for a living. Get yourself out of that creative rut with some insight from these incredibly accomplished artists below.

Creativity calls for risk-taking.

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Your surroundings are magical. You just have to look.

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Don't do it just to do it. Do it because it means something to you.

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Persistence will get you there.

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Pay attention. Really pay attention.

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Start with the basics.

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Relieve some pressure and let your mind do the work.

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Before You Go

28 Definitions Of Happiness
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Happiness, as the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it, is "a state of well-being and contentment." Sure, that's one way to put it. But what does it really mean to feel on top of the world or entirely at peace with oneself? Do you feel immersed in joy? On cloud nine? We were curious about the deeper, more personal interpretations of the sensation we all know so well. So we asked our Facebook community to tell us how they explain the joyful feeling. See some of our favorite definitions below then let us know in the comments: How do you define happiness? (credit:Getty Images)
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"Being at peace with everything going on around you." -- Kimberly Clark (credit:Getty Images)
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"Travel!" -- Verna Coomer Ott (credit:Alamy)
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"Peace, contentment and love from a job well done." -- Sally Duros (credit:Alamy)
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"The absence of want. I have everything I need and I do what I love." -- Bouaketh Chanthavisouk (credit:Getty Images)
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"The moment when you don't miss anything." -- Andrea Szente (credit:Getty Images)
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"Following your bliss." -- Kim Fox (credit:Alamy)
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"Keepin' it real." -- Susanna Speier (credit:Getty Images)
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"Healthy body + peaceful mind = happiness." -- Sanam Nour (credit:Getty Images)
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"Selflessness." -- David Bader (credit:Getty Images)
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"When you're at peace with the world." -- Pedro E. Thormodsen (credit:Alamy)
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"When you don't know what you've done and still you feel delighted ... thats happiness to me." -- Nishant Sinha (credit:Getty Images)
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"Family." -- Phil Bundy (credit:Alamy)
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"Inner confidence and peace." -- Lisa Simone (credit:Alamy)
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"The byproduct of living a good life." -- Erica Peterson (credit:Alamy)
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"Slice of pie, and no one hassling me." -- Genevieve S. Jenner (credit:Alamy)
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"Knowing yourself." -- Dmitry Lambrianov (credit:Getty Images)
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"Music!" -- Caitlin Tremblay (credit:Alamy)
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"Anything you give without expecting any return!" -- Rolando Vargas Soneja (credit:Alamy)
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"Pure love." -- Ekaterina Vitkina (credit:Alamy)
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"Feeling my chest, my heart space expand with love and excitement for just being in that moment." -- Zen Sensor (credit:Getty Images)
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"A stack of books." -- Mary Jane Butler (credit:Getty Images)
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"A smile from the inside out." -- Saundie Isaak (credit:Alamy)
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"Liking yourself and not having to explain why." -- Joanne Lawson (credit:Alamy)
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"Knowing the difference between what I can and cannot do anything about, and between what is my business and what is not my business and what is not anybody else's business." -- Denise Helberg Snider (credit:Getty Images)
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"Seeking and becoming my original self." -- Leo O'Mara (credit:Alamy)
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"Grace, strength, ease, freedom. -- Ina Sahaja Yoga (credit:Getty Images)
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"Peace...yes, inner peace. Not having any turmoil in my head." -- Martha Contreras (credit:Alamy)
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"A day off, with no hurried plans, and a slice of homemade strawberry rubarb pie, while reading a good book." -- Cynthia Amaro (credit:Getty Images)

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