All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.