Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.

Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

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.

We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has read more

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same read more

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing. - Letters of Rainer read more

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing. - Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke.