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I think this (alleged) Orson Welles quote says it best: “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.”

(Information on the quote's provenance, for those who might be interested: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/24/art-limit/)

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The similar quote I've heard is, "Form is liberating." I feel like I heard this in the context of poetry in high school, but Google turns up a bunch of references to The Mythical Man Month.

yeah kinda

I guess the first cause of creativity is a 'what if' not an 'it surely will'

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