Full Idea
Flight from boredom is the mother of all art.
Gist of Idea
Flight from boredom leads to art
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885], 8.432), quoted by Rüdiger Safranski - Nietzsche: a philosophical biography Intro
Book Reference
Safranski,Rüdiger: 'Nietzsche: a philosophical biography' [Granta 2003], p.23
A Reaction
I might even say that all human achievement comes from boredom.