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.

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

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

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Some people see things and ask Why?
I dream things which never were and askWhy not?

Some people see things and ask Why?
I dream things which never were and askWhy not?

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.

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.

Creativity is contagious, pass it on.

Creativity is contagious, pass it on.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

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.