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The Torah says: "I was the tool of G‑d's artistry." An architect who builds a palace does not do so on his own; he has scrolls and notebooks which he consults regarding how to place the rooms, where to set the doors. So it was with G‑d: He looked into the Torah and created the world.
(Midrash Rabbah)
G‑d looked into the Torah and created the world. Man looks into Torah and sustains the world.
(Zohar)
The Torah's first word, bereishit, is an acronym for beit reishit—"two firsts" (the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, beit, stands for the number two). This is to say that the world was created for the sake of two things called "first" (reishit)—the Torah (Proverbs 8:22) and the people of Israel (Jeremiah 2:3).
(Rashi; Midrash Rabbah)