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The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions read more
The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions are the gems of its production.
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 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.
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
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.
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.
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
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.
