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It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
The creative person wants to be a know -it -all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient read more
The creative person wants to be a know -it -all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth -century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen.
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative read more
Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative person is one who can think crazy; such a person knows full well that many of his great ideas will prove to be worthless. The creative person is flexible -- he is able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress. He is not threatened by the unexpected as rigid, inflexible people are.
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.
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.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
