It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which read more

It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

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.

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole read more

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.